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BEST books on geriatric psychiatry: For clinicians

Geriatric man working on solving a puzzle of the outline of a human head


Practical Strategies in Geriatric Mental Health: Cases and Approaches

Practical Strategies in Geriatric Mental Health: Cases and Approaches

by Laura B. Dunn MD and Erin L. Cassidy-Eagle PhD


Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychiatry

Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychiatry

by Mugdha E. Thakur MD, Dan G. Blazer MD PhD, David C. Steffens MD MHS


Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychopharmacology

Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychopharmacology

by Sandra A. Jacobson MD


The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia.

American Psychiatric Association, 2016.

A PDF of the full guideline is available free HERE. Our article about this guideline is available at the link below:

Practice guideline: Antipsychotics for agitation/psychosis in dementia 


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