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This quick-reference guide presents the vital information needed to develop and monitor safe, effective psychiatric regimens for older adults. From the editor of the leading textbook on geriatric psychopharmacology, the volume provides handy diagnostic pointers for assessing prevalent symptoms and disorders. It offers concise discussions of commonly used medications, summarizing their benefits and limitations for use with this population. Ideal for primary care physicians, nurses, and psychiatrists, this guide is also for fellows and residents in geriatric medicine and psychiatry, nursing home administrators, social workers, psychologists, and other medical, mental health, and social service professionals. The book's clear, factual style will make it accessible to many family members and older patients themselves.

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This cohesive, well-written handbook will suit a range of practitioners. From Carl Salzman, the foremost expert in geriatric psychopharmacology, the book provides a coherent overview of fundamental principles and issues. Its concise, heuristic case examples do an excellent job of explicating typical presentations, therapeutic approach, treatment, and outcomes. In addition to practitioners, it will serve as a useful text for graduate students across the health-related professions. --Lon S. Schneider, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Gerontology, Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California School of Medicine <br> In this cogent, readable handbook, Salzman combines evidence-based medicine with the experience of an astute clinician. Well organized and readily applicable to the clinical situation, this book will be of significant practical use for mental health professionals and gerontologists. It will be equally important to academicians and researchers as an example of the thoughtful application of clinical research to the treatment of patients. --Steven P. Roose, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons <br> This is an exceptionally well-written book on a topic of increasing importance. Salzman is one of the best-known geriatric psychopharmacologists in the country, and the present volume is the culmination of years of experience as a clinician, researcher, and educator. The result is an eminently readable, highly informative book. The case vignettes are particularly interesting and add a real-life quality to the understanding of the use ofmedications in older patients. I would recommend this book to all health care providers who work with older people suffering from psychiatric disorders. --Dilip V. Jeste, MD, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego <br>

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