Psychiatry in the Elderly

by Jacoby, Robin; Oppenheimer, Catherine

• ISBN13: 9780192627889
• ISBN10: 0192627880
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The second edition of this popular textbook continues to provide a thorough general overview of old age psychiatry for trainees, practising psychiatrists, and practitioners in other disciplines whose work brings them into contact with elderly psychiatric patients. All aspects of this nowestablished specialty are covered by a multidisciplinary team of 49 contributors. Psychiatry in the Elderly brings together up-to-date reviews of the basic sciences (epidemiology, psychology, sociology, and pathology), the principles of clinical practice, and hands-on practical advice and instruction on the clinical diagnosis and management of all the psychiatric conditions thataffect the elderly. There are general sections on basic sciences and clinical practice, and the design and provision of psychiatric services for older patients; as well as sections on specific disorders in old age psychiatry, such as depression and dementia, and the issues of sexuality, ethics andmedicolegal issues.All of the chapters in this new edition have been substantially modified and updated, while more radical changes include the addition of new chapters on the molecular biology of dementia; the development and use of instruments for psychological assessment; family therapy; the economics of providinglong term care; a carer's own perspective; mental disorders in older persons with learning disabilities; and delirium from the psychiatrist's and the geriatrician's perspective.

Table of Contents

Basic Science

Biological aspects of human ageing, Bittles

The sociology of ageing, Askham

Cognitive change in old age, Milwain & Iversen

Epidemiology, Prince

Neuropathology, Esiri & Nagy

Neurochemical pathology of neurodegenerative disorders in old age, Procter

Molecular genetics and molecular biology of dementia, Lovestone

The economics of health care provision for elderly people with dementia, Wolstenholme & Gray

Clinical Practice

Psychiatric clinical and cognitive assessment, Bentham & Hodges

Physical assessment of older persons, Winner

Psychological assessment and treatment, Woods & Charlesworth

Neuroimaging in the elderly: radiological and electrophysiological tools and findings, Forstl & Hentschel

Psychopharmacology in elderly patients, Wood

Social work with older persons, Bradshaw

Psychometric assessment in the elderly, Ritchie

Dynamic psychotherapy with older persons, Ardern

Family therapy with ageing families, Asen

Primary care with the elderly mentally ill, Graham

Liaison old age psychiatry in the general hospital, Philpot, Lyons & Reynolds

Psychiatric Services

Principles of service provision in old age psychiatry, Fairbairn

Carers' lives, Cayton

Expect more: making a place for people with dementia, Hoskins & Marshall

Specific Disorders

Epidemiology of the dementias of late life, Jorm

Clinical aspects of dementia

Dementia: a twentieth centur historical overview, Burns

Alzheimer's disease, Thomas & O'Brien

Vascular dementia, Stewart

Dementia in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), McShane

Fronto-temporal dementia, Gustafson

Neurological dementias, Harvey

Specific pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer's disease, Wilcock

The management of dementia, Pearce

Delirium: the physician's perspective, Stewart & Fairweather

Delirium: the psychiatrist's perspective, Lindesay

Depressive disorders, Baldwin

Suicide in older persons, Harwood

Manic syndromes in old age, Shulman & Herrmann

Neurotic disorders, Lindesay

Psychiatric aspects of personality in later life, Bergmann

Late-onset schizophrenia and very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis, Howard

Graduates, Campbell & Ananth

Substance abuse in the elderly, Atkinson

Sexuality in old age, Oppenheimer

Ethics and the psychiatry of old age, Hughes

Elder maltreatment, Hirsch & Vollhardt

Crime and the elderly, Fazel & Jacoby

Testamentary capacity, Posener & Jacoby

Competence, Fazel

Managing the financial affairs of mentally incapacitated persons in the UK and Ireland, Lush

Driving and psychiatric illness in later life, O'Neill

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