CHAPTER 2 Addressing Behavioral and Mental Health Problems in Community Settings Screening and Early Detection Roberto is a 78-year-old man who emigrated from a small town in Mexico 4 years…
CHAPTER 3 The Diagnostic Ds The Building Blocks for Diagnosing Mental Health Disorders in Older Adults EXPLAINING an older person’s mental distress as a single mental disorder is often challenging….
CHAPTER 6 The 30-Minute Older Adult Diagnostic Interview AS busy practitioners, we sometimes forget the importance of making (and taking) moments to get to know our older patients beyond their…
CHAPTER 1 Introduction After a lifetime of seeking medical assistance only for emergencies, Pat, a 67-year-old woman, is belatedly establishing a primary care relationship at the request of her adult…
CHAPTER 5 The 15-Minute Older Adult Diagnostic Interview PERFORMING a 15-minute interview with an older adult experiencing mental distress sounds impossible. Older adults have a lifetime of stories to tell,…
CHAPTER 4 Beyond the Diagnostic Ds Other Common Clinical Challenges Unusual Experiences, Irritability, and Labile Mood The diagnostic Ds discussed in Chapter 3 provide a framework to diagnose and manage…
8 Managing Suicidal Emergencies Using Crisis to Create Positive Change In this chapter we provide tools to manage a suicidal crisis in a way that is collaborative and leads to…
5 Outpatient Interventions With Suicidal Patients Promoting Acceptance and Value-Based Problem Solving In this chapter we present an intervention approach that you can use with suicidal patients encountered in diverse…
7 The Repetitiously Suicidal Patient An Intervention Approach for High-Risk Patients There are few greater challenges that you, the therapist, will face than those that occur when caring for patients…
11 Suicidal Patients in Primary Care Responding to the Challenge Primary health care has undergone a rather radical transformation in recent times. We have witnessed a transition from an acute…
