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Author Biography
Tom Dening, Professor of Dementia Research,, University of Nottingham, UK, Formerly: Consultant Psychiatrist, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK,Alan Thomas, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK
Table of Contents
Section 1: Scientific background 1. Biological aspects of human ageing, Tom Kirkwood, Doug Gray & Carole Proctor 2. Psychometric assessment in older people, Karen Ritchie 3. Sociology of ageing, Ricca Edmondson 4. Transforming concepts of ageing: 3 case studies from anthropology, Sharon Kaufman, Julie Livingston, Hong Zhang & Margaret Lock 5. Epidemiology, Thais Minett, Blossom Stephan & Carol Brayne 6. Neuropathology, Johannes Attems & Kurt Jellinger 7. Neurochemistry, Margaret Piggott 8. Molecular genetics/molecular biology, Denise Harold & Julie Williams Section 2: Clinical practice 9. Psychiatric assessment of older people, Alan Thomas 10. Clinical cognitive assessment, Chris Kipps & John Hodges 11. Physical assessment, Duncan Forsyth 12. Neuroimaging, Claire E. Sexton, Verena Heise & Klaus Ebmeier 13. Psychopharmacology, Craig Ritchie 14. Brain stimulation therapies, Daniel O'Connor & Chris Plakiotis 15. Person- and Relationship- centred care, John Keady & Mike Nolan 16. Psychological treatments and older people, Philip Wilkinson 17. Cognitive behaviour therapy, Philip Wilkinson 18. Interpersonal therapy, Philip Wilkinson 19. Psychodynamic therapy, Jane Garner 20. Family therapy, Jane Pearce 21. Non-pharmacological interventions in care homes, Jane Fossey & Ian James Section 3: Service provision 22. Principles of service provision, Tom Dening 23. Primary care management of older people's mental health problems, Louise Robinson & Caroline Chew Graham 24. Memory assessment services, Sube Banerjee 25. Liaison old age psychiatry, John Holmes 26. Social care, Jo Moriarty 27. Care homes, Tom Dening & Alisoun Milne 28. Palliative care and end of life care, Elizabeth Sampson & Karen Dening Section 4: Specific disorders 29. The concept of dementia Introduction, Alan Thomas & Tom Dening Dementia: what is it and can we diagnose it?, Peter Whitehouse & Danny George Dementia: a brief history of the concept, Alexander Kurz & Nicola Lautenschlager The DSM-5 approach to dementia, Perminder Sachdev Should we diagnose subtypes of dementia?, Robert Stewart 30. Hello, I'm Me! Living well with dementia, Brian & June Hennell 31. Epidemiology of dementia, Laura Fratiglioni & Chengxuan Qiu 32. MCI and predementia syndromes, Louise Grayson & John O'Brien 33. Alzheimer's disease, John Paul Taylor & Alan Thomas 34. Vascular and mixed dementia, Robert Stewart 35. Dementia in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, Arvid Rongve and Dag Aarsland 36. Frontotemporal dementia, Vincent Deramecourt, Florence Lebert & Florence Pasquier 37. Neurological dementias, Andrew Graham 38. Pharmacological treatments, Roy Jones 39. Management of dementia, Sarah Cullum 40. Delirium, Jenny Hogg 41. The experience of depression, Judith Boast 42. Depressive disorders, Alan Thomas 43. Suicide and self harm, Helen Chiu & Joshua Tsoh 44. Manic syndromes, Vasu Akshya 45. Anxiety disorders, Ged Byrne 46. Late onset schizophrenia, Sarah Brunelle, Ipsit V. Vahia & Dilip V. Jeste 47. Personal experience of lifelong illness, Anon & Sue Green 48. Severe and enduring mental illness, Tom Dening & Catherine Hatfield 49. Alcohol and substance misuse, Henry O'Connell & Brian Lawlor 50. Older people with learning disabilities, Marissa Hanney 51. Sleep disorders, Bradley Boeve & Urs Mossiman 52. The effect of ageing on personality, Bob Woods & Gill Windle 53. Personality disorders and the effect of mental illness on personality, Catherine Oppenheimer 54. Sexuality in old age, Walter Bouman Section 5: Ethical and legal issues 55. Ethics and old age psychiatry, Julian C. Hughes 56. Mental capacity and decision making, Julian C. Hughes & Christopher Heginbotham 57. Ethics of living and dying with dementia, Cees Hertogh & Jenny van der Steen 58. Ethics of caring, Clive Baldwin & Brandi Estey-Burtt 59. Elder abuse and safeguarding vulnerable adults, Jill Manthorpe 60. Crime, mental illness, and older people, Graham Yorston 61. Testamentary capacity, Robin Jacoby 62. Driving and psychiatric illness in later life, Desmond O'Neill 63. The law relating to mental capacity and mental health, Kay Wheat