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Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Note
- Chapter 1 Healthy Ageing
- Chapter 2 Clinical Assessment
- Chapter 3 Cognitive Assessment
- Chapter 4 Imaging
- Chapter 5 Delirium
- Chapter 6 Alzheimer's Disease
- Chapter 7 Vascular Dementia
- Chapter 8 Dementia with Lewy Bodies
- Chapter 9 Frontotemporal Dementia
- Chapter 10 Depression
- Chapter 11 Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 12 Psychosis
- Chapter 13 Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 14 Drug and Alcohol Misuse
- Chapter 15 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Chapter 16 Medications
- Chapter 17 Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neurostimulation
- Chapter 18 Psychological Therapies
- Chapter 19 Role of an Old Age Psychiatrist
- Chapter 20 Consultation-Liaison
- Chapter 21 Palliative Care
- Chapter 22 Care Homes
- Chapter 23 Carers
- Chapter 24 Law, Capacity and Ethics
- Chapter 25 Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
- Chapter 26 Clinical Scenarios
- Index