Dermatological System
8 Dermatological System Alopecia General Recommendations Mineral supplements (e.g., zinc and selenium), oral biotin, or topical minoxidil may be worth attempting for the treatment of alopecia, but scalp hair loss…
Ear, Nose, and Throat Bruxism
9 Ear, Nose, and Throat Bruxism General Recommendations Benzodiazepines such as clonazepam probably offer the most reliable and immediate relief for iatrogenic bruxism. Other potential pharmacological remedies may include buspirone,…
What Nonmedical Therapists Should Know About Adverse Drug Effects
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Selected DSM-5 Assessment Measures
CHAPTER 11 Selected DSM-5 Assessment Measures DESPITE the popular perception that the DSM texts are chiseled in stone, the authors of DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) describe the manual as…
Conclusion
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Brain Stimulation Therapies
CHAPTER 17 Brain Stimulation Therapies WHEN an older patient fails to respond to other interventions, you should consider treatments that electrically stimulate the brain, either through the direct application of…
Psychopharmacological Interventions
CHAPTER 16 Psychopharmacological Interventions WHEN seeing younger adults, mental health practitioners often struggle to convince patients to take even a single medication as part of a treatment plan. Younger adults…
Mental Health Treatment Planning
CHAPTER 18 Mental Health Treatment Planning TREATMENT plans can be understood as a regulatory requirement, one of the many chores of contemporary health care, or they can be understood as…
Psychotherapeutic Interventions
CHAPTER 15 Psychotherapeutic Interventions IN the past, mental health practitioners were taught that older patients could not participate in psychotherapy because they were too set in their ways to benefit,…
Psychosocial Interventions
CHAPTER 14 Psychosocial Interventions Stefan is a 92-year-old man with major neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer’s disease, congestive heart failure with an ejection fraction of 20%, right hip fracture with…
