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Summary

The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry is the new edition of the much loved and highly popular multi-author textbook previously published as Psychiatry in the Elderly. It has established itself as the standard textbook in its field due to its unique combination of comprehensive coverage,clear writing and authoritative and up-to-date information. This new edition maintains these strengths, with chapters covering the basic sciences underpinning old age psychiatry, clinical practice, psychiatric services for older people, specific disorders and medico-legal and ethical issues. The text has been extensively updated, with several new chapters added reflecting developments in the speciality. These include chapters on: different psychotherapies, e.g. interpersonal therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy, and electroconvulsive therapy; memory clinics and liaison old agepsychiatry; mild cognitive impairment and sleep disorders; and chapters by patients reflecting their experiences of their illnesses. The textbook has expanded to include 73 contributors from 8 different countries covering the panoply of relevant expertise. The editorial team has also grown withRobin Jacoby and Catherine Oppenheimer now being joined by Tom Dening and Alan Thomas. The breadth of authoritative coverage will continue to make this book one which all old age psychiatrists and trainees will want to have on their bookshelves. Geriatricians and other health professionals working with older people will also find in this book a handy resource to assist them whendealing with psychiatric disorders in older people.

Basic Science
Biological aspects of of human ageing
Sociological approaches to age and ageing
Cognitive change in old age
Epidemiology
Neuropathology
Neurochemical pathology of neurodegenerative disorders of old age
The genetics and molecular biology of dementia
Psychometry in older persons
Principles of cerebral cortical development
Clinical Practice
Psychiatric assessment of older people
Clinical cognitive assessment
Physical assessment of older patients
Neuroimaging and neurophysiology in the lederly
Psychopharmacology in the elderly
Electroconvulsive therapy
Social work, older people and mental health
Person centred care
Psychological treatments - introduction
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Interpersonal therapy
Family therapy
Psychodynamic therapy
Non-pharmacolological interventions in care homes
Psychiatric Services
Principles of service provision in old age psychiatry
Primary care of older people with mental illness
Memory clinics
Liaison old age psychiatry
Mental health in care homes for older people
Good design for dementia means a better building for everyone
Specific Disorders
Epidemiology of the dementias of old age
Mild cognitive impairment
Clinical aspects of dementia
Living with dementia
The syndrome of dementia
Alzheimer''s disease
Vascular and mixed dementia
Dementia in Parkinson''s disease adn dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
Frontotemporal dementia
Neurological dementias
Specific pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer''s disease
The management of dementia
Delirium
Mood disorders
The experience of a depressive illness
Depressive disorders
Suicide in older persons
Manic syndromes in old age
Neurotic disorders
Personality in later life
The effects of ageiing on personality
Personality disorder and the effects of illness on personality
Late-onset schizophrenia and very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis
Severe and enduring mental illness in old age
Alcohol and substance abuse in older people
Working with older people with intellectual difficulties
Sleep disorders in older people
Sexuality, Ethics and Medico-Legal Issues
Sexuality in later life
Ethics and old age psychiatry
Elder maltreatment
Psychiatric aspects of crime in the elderly
Testamentary capacity
Competence
The legal framework in the British Isles for making decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated people
DRiving and psychiatric illness in later life
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