This chapter emphasizes the importance of carefully evaluating and comprehending an elderly individual's medication regimen post-hospital discharge, highlighting the intricate nature of managing multiple medications. The speaker illustrates a diverse sample medication list, underscoring how various medications can induce mood-altering side effects, such as steroids for COPD, beta blockers, varenicline, antivirals, pain medications, levetiracetam, and carbidopa.
In part two, physician experts discuss the key takeaways from part one and go through the next patient scenario to demonstrate best practices in geriatric care using behavioral health integration (BHI). Physician guests are David Baron, MSEd, DO; Karen Dionesotes, MD, MPH, psychiatry resident; Stephanie Nothelle, MD, assistant professor of medicine. For more about the BHI Collaborative Overcoming Obstacles Series, go to www.ama-assn.org/bhiresources.
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