The second edition of this popular textbook continues to provide athorough general overview of old age psychiatry for trainees, practisingpsychiatrists, and practitioners in other disciplines whose work brings theminto contact with elderly psychiatric patients. All aspects of this nowestablished specialty are covered by a multidisciplinary team of 49contributors.Psychiatry in the Elderly brings together up-to-date reviews of the basicsciences (epidemiology, psychology, sociology, and pathology), the principles ofclinical practice, and hands-on practical advice and instruction on the clinicaldiagnosis and management of all the psychiatric conditions that affect theelderly. There are general sections on basic sciences and clinical practice, andthe design and provision of psychiatric services for older patients; as well assections on specific disorders in old age psychiatry, such as depression anddementia, and the issues of sexuality, ethics and medicolegal issues.All of the chapters in this new edition have been substantially modified andupdated, while more radical changes include the addition of new chapters on themolecular biology of dementia; the development and use of instruments forpsychological assessment; family therapy; the economics of providing long termcare; a carer's own perspective; mental disorders in older persons with learningdisabilities; and delirium from the psychiatrist's and the geriatrician'sperspective.