Clinical Manual of Palliative Care Psychiatry.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I Background and Context -- 1 Palliative Care 101 -- Definitions: Palliative Care and Hospice -- Basic Tenets of Palliative Care -- Benefits of Palliative Care -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- 2 Psychiatry in Palliative Care -- Historical Perspective: Psychological Considerations in Palliative Care -- Emergence and Evolution of Palliative Care Psychiatry -- Opportunities for Psychiatry in Palliative Care -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- PART II Core Clinical Applications -- 3 Depression -- Epidemiology and Consequences -- Symptoms, Screening, and Differential Diagnosis -- Management of Depression in the Palliative Care Setting -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- 4 Anxiety -- Epidemiology and Consequences -- Symptoms, Screening, and Differential Diagnosis -- Management of Anxiety in the Palliative Care Setting -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- 5 Delirium -- Definition, Epidemiology, Etiologies, Subtypes, and Consequences -- Prevention -- Approach to Delirium in the Palliative Care Setting: Goals of Care, Reversibility, Assessment, and Screening -- Management of Delirium in the Palliative Care Setting -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- PART III Other Common Psychiatric Conditions -- 6 Dementia (Major Neurocognitive Disorder) -- Epidemiology and Consequences -- Definitions and Classification -- Assessment -- Prognostication and Access to Palliative Services -- Management Issues Specific to Psychiatric Palliative Care -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- 7 Insomnia -- Classification and Causes -- Assessment and Management.

Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- 8 Substance Use Disorders -- Epidemiology and Consequences -- Definitions -- Challenges in Diagnosis -- Clinical Management -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- PART IV Interventions -- 9 Psychotherapy -- General Approaches: Skillful Communication and Compassionate Presence as Psychotherapy -- Supportive Psychotherapies -- Specific Psychotherapies -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- 10 Pain Management and Psychopharmacology -- Physical Symptom Relief as a Core Tenet of Palliative Care -- Pain: The Fundamentals -- Approach to Assessment and Management -- Use of Psychotropic Medication in Chronic Noncancer Pain Management -- Use of Psychotropic Medication in Cancer Pain Management -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- PART V Pediatric Patients -- 11 Children and Adolescents -- Psychiatrist's Role in Pediatric Palliative Care Team -- Unique Issues in Pediatric Palliative Care Psychiatry -- Attention to Physical and Psychological Symptoms -- Conclusions and Key Points -- References -- Additional Resources -- Index -- Back Cover.

The Clinical Manual of Palliative Care Psychiatry seeks to bridge the gulf between principles and practice for two groups of clinicians: frontline palliative care providers with little mental health training and mental health specialists who may lack familiarity with palliative care practice.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.