Guide to the Psychiatry of Old Age
ISBN: 9780521681919 | 052168191X
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 8/16/2010
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This succinct guide to the scope and practice of the psychiatry of old age provides an up-to-date summary of existing knowledge, best practice and future challenges, from a global perspective. Written by leading clinicians, teachers and researchers, this is essential reading for psychiatrists and geriatricians, trainees, nurses and medical students.
With rapid ageing of the world's population, psychiatry of old age has become a crucial discipline. This succinct guide to the scope and practice of the psychiatry of o... MORE
With rapid ageing of the world's population, psychiatry of old age has become a crucial discipline. This succinct guide to the scope and practice of the psychiatry of o... MORE
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Abbreviations | p. xiii |
| What is the psychiatry of old age and why do we need it? | p. 1 |
| Assessing the elderly psychiatric patient | p. 5 |
| Differential diagnosis - the 3Ds | p. 23 |
| The dementias | p. 31 |
| Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia | p. 49 |
| Delirium | p. 57 |
| Mood disorders in ... MORE | p. 69 |
| Schizophrenia and related disorders in late life | p. 87 |
| Neurotic and personality disorders (A - Neurotic disorders, B - Personality disorders) | p. 95 |
| Substance abuse and iatrogenesis in late life | p. 113 |
| Services for older patients with psychiatric disorders | p. 121 |
| The future of the psychiatry of old age | p. 129 |
| Index | p. 137 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
David Ames is Director of the National Ageing Research Institute, and University of Melbourne Foundation Professor of Ageing and Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Edmond Chiu is Professorial Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. James Lindesay is Professor of Psychiatry for the Elderly, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Kenneth I. Shulman is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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