HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ALL ISSUES SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a Colleague Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Samter, J. Articles by Cohen-Mansfield, J. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Samter, J. Articles by Cohen-Mansfield, J.

Description of a Program for Psychiatric Consultations in the Nursing Home

Research Institute, Hebrew Home of Greater Washington.

The authors describe a psychiatric consultation program administered by a geropsychiatric clinical nurse specialist in a nursing home and present data on its effectiveness. Residents referred for psychiatric consultation were similar with regard to demographic characteristics, but were more cognitively intact. The most common reasons for referral were depressive symptoms, agitated behavior, and perceptual distortions. Interventions involving medication were the most frequently used, followed by relocating the resident, staff interventions, and psychotherapy. Threatments that involved moving the resident were rated as less effective. Overall, significant improvement was noted in slightly more that half of all residents referred for psychiatric consultation.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				S. J. Bartels, G. S. Moak, and A. R. Dums Mental Health Services in Nursing Homes: Models of Mental Health Services in Nursing Homes: A Review of the Literature Psychiatr Serv, November 1, 2002; 53(11): 1390 - 1396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]