Seminars in old age psychiatry /
Seminars in old age psychiatry /
edited by Rob Butler and Cornelius Katona.
- Second edition.
- xiv, 312 pages ; 24 cm
- Cambridge medicine College seminars series .
- Cambridge medicine (Series). College seminars series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Healthy ageing -- Clinical assessment -- Cognitive assessment -- Imaging -- Delirium -- Alzheimer's disease -- Vascular dementia -- Dementia with Lewy bodies -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Depression -- Bipolar disorder -- Psychosis -- Anxiety disorders -- Drug and alcohol misuse -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Medications -- Electroconvulsive therapy and neurostimulation -- Psychological therapies -- Role of an old age psychiatrist -- Consultation-liaison -- Palliative care -- Care homes -- Carers -- Law, capacity and ethics -- Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers -- Clinical scenarios.
"A concise and up-to-date text on the mental health of older people, this second edition is fully updated to reflect changes in technology, competency-based training, guidelines, law and treatments. Each chapter sits alone as an informative, readable and helpful resource for a range of health care professionals. Together the chapters form an essential text that contributes to the rising standards in old age psychiatry. With practical guidelines on clinical management, this edition also includes new sections on topics such as palliative care and migrant health, all written by a global authorship, considering international perspectives. Targeted at qualified and trainee consultant psychiatrists, this text is also useful to other doctors, medical students and healthcare professionals who work with older people." -- Publisher
1108723985 9781108723985
2018058443
Geriatric psychiatry.
Older people--Mental health.
Aged--psychology.
Mental Disorders--therapy
Geriatric Psychiatry.
RC451.4.A5 / S45 2019
618.97689
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Healthy ageing -- Clinical assessment -- Cognitive assessment -- Imaging -- Delirium -- Alzheimer's disease -- Vascular dementia -- Dementia with Lewy bodies -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Depression -- Bipolar disorder -- Psychosis -- Anxiety disorders -- Drug and alcohol misuse -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Medications -- Electroconvulsive therapy and neurostimulation -- Psychological therapies -- Role of an old age psychiatrist -- Consultation-liaison -- Palliative care -- Care homes -- Carers -- Law, capacity and ethics -- Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers -- Clinical scenarios.
"A concise and up-to-date text on the mental health of older people, this second edition is fully updated to reflect changes in technology, competency-based training, guidelines, law and treatments. Each chapter sits alone as an informative, readable and helpful resource for a range of health care professionals. Together the chapters form an essential text that contributes to the rising standards in old age psychiatry. With practical guidelines on clinical management, this edition also includes new sections on topics such as palliative care and migrant health, all written by a global authorship, considering international perspectives. Targeted at qualified and trainee consultant psychiatrists, this text is also useful to other doctors, medical students and healthcare professionals who work with older people." -- Publisher
1108723985 9781108723985
2018058443
Geriatric psychiatry.
Older people--Mental health.
Aged--psychology.
Mental Disorders--therapy
Geriatric Psychiatry.
RC451.4.A5 / S45 2019
618.97689