American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Delirium

ISBN-13: 9780890423134 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 75 str.

American Psychiatric Association

Opis

Developed by psychiatrists who are in active clinical practice, this guideline offers useful information to psychiatrists who care for patients with delirium. It summarizes the current data available on this topic and provides recommendations for treatment. In helping the clinician provide treatments that address the underlying aetiology of the delirium, it discusses psychiatric management, environmental and supportive interventions, and specific pharmacologic treatments.