Psychiatry in the elderly / edited by Robin Jacoby and Catherine Oppenheimer.
Contributor(s): Jacoby, Robin
| Oppenheimer, Catherine.
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BookSeries: Oxford medical publications.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxv, 788 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0192627899 ; 0192627880 .Subject(s): Geriatric psychiatryDDC classification: 618.97689 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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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 now established 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 that affect 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 and medicolegal 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 providing long 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.
Previous ed.: 1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Basic Science -- II. Clinical Practice -- III. Psychiatric Services -- IV. Specific disorders -- V. Sexuality, ethics and medico-legal issues.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part I Basic Science
- 1 Biological aspects of human ageing, Bittles
- 2 The sociology of ageing, Askham
- 3 Cognitive change in old age, Milwain & Iversen
- 4 Epidemiology, Prince
- 5 Neuropathology, Esiri & Nagy
- 6 Neurochemical pathology of neurodegenerative disorders in old age, Procter
- 7 Molecular genetics and molecular biology of dementia, Lovestone
- 8 The economics of health care provision for elderly people with dementia, Wolstenholme & Gray
- Part II Clinical Practice
- 9 Psychiatric clinical and cognitive assessment, Bentham & Hodges
- 10 Physical assessment of older persons, Winner
- 11 Psychological assessment and treatment, Woods & Charlesworth
- 12 Neuroimaging in the elderly: radiological and electrophysiological tools and findings, Forstl & Hentschel
- 13 Psychopharmacology in elderly patients, Wood
- 14 Social work with older persons, Bradshaw
- 15 Psychometric assessment in the elderly, Ritchie
- 16 Dynamic psychotherapy with older persons, Ardern
- 17 Family therapy with ageing families, Asen
- 18 Primary care with the elderly mentally ill, Graham
- 19 Liaison old age psychiatry in the general hospital, Philpot, Lyons & Reynolds
- Part III Psychiatric Services
- 20 Principles of service provision in old age psychiatry, Fairbairn
- 21 Carers' lives, Cayton
- 22 Expect more: making a place for people with dementia, Hoskins & Marshall
- Part IV Specific Disorders
- 23 Epidemiology of the dementias of late life, Jorm
- 24 Clinical aspects of dementia
- i Dementia: a twentieth centur historical overview, Burns
- ii Alzheimer's disease, Thomas & O'Brien
- iii Vascular dementia, Stewart
- iv Dementia in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), McShane
- v Fronto-temporal dementia, Gustafson
- vi Neurological dementias, Harvey
- vii Specific pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer's disease, Wilcock
- viii The management of dementia, Pearce
- 25 Delirium: the physician's perspective, Stewart & Fairweather
- 26 Delirium: the psychiatrist's perspective, Lindesay
- 27 Depressive disorders, Baldwin
- 28 Suicide in older persons, Harwood
- 29 Manic syndromes in old age, Shulman & Herrmann
- 30 Neurotic disorders, Lindesay
- 31 Psychiatric aspects of personality in later life, Bergmann
- 32 Late-onset schizophrenia and very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis, Howard
- 33 Graduates, Campbell & Ananth
- 34 Substance abuse in the elderly, Atkinson
- 35 Sexuality in old age, Oppenheimer
- 36 Ethics and the psychiatry of old age, Hughes
- 37 Elder maltreatment, Hirsch & Vollhardt
- 38 Crime and the elderly, Fazel & Jacoby
- 39 Testamentary capacity, Posener & Jacoby
- 40 Competence, Fazel
- 41 Managing the financial affairs of mentally incapacitated persons in the UK and Ireland, Lush
- 42 Driving and psychiatric illness in later life, O'Neill