Psychiatry in the Elderly
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-851563-0 (ISBN)
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This is a new edition of the classic and comprehensive textbook of old age psychiatry. The coverage has been expanded to survey the major developments in the field of genetics and in understanding the dementias, as well as including new chapters on quality of life measurement, the economics of care, suicide in old age, hallucinations and functional systems in Parkinson's Disease.
PART 1: BASIC SCIENCE; 1. Biological aspects of human ageing; 2. The sociology of ageing; 3. Cognitive change in old age; 4. Epidemiology; 5. Neuropathology; 6. Neurochemical pathology of neurodegenerative disorders in old age; 7. Molecular genetics and molecular biology of dementia; 8. The economics of health care provision for elderly people with dementia; PART 2: CLINICAL PRACTICE; 9. Psychiatric and clinical cognitive assessment; 10. Physical assessment of older patients; 11. Psychological assessment and treatment; 12. Neuroimaging in the elderly: radiological and electrophysical tools and findings; 13. Psychopharmacology in elderly patients; 14. Social work with older persons; 15. Psychometric assessment in the elderly; 16. Dynamic psychotherapy with older persons; 17. Family therapy with ageing families; 18. Primary care with the elderly mentally ill; 19. Liaison old age psychiatry in the general hospital; PART 3: PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES; 20. Principles of service provision in old age psychiatry; 21. Carer's lives; 22. Expect more: making a place for people with dementia; PART 4: SPECIFIC DISORDERS; 23. Epidemiology of the dementia of late life; 24. Clinical aspects of dementia; 25. Delirium: the physician's perspective; 26. Delirium - the psychiatrist's perspective; 27. Depressive disorders; 28. Suicide in older persons; 29. Manic syndromes in old age; 30. Neurotic disorders; 31. Psychiatric aspects of personality in later life; 32. Late-onset schizophrenia and very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis; 33. Graduates; 34. Substance abuse in the elderly; PART 5: SEXUALITY, ETHICS, AND MEDICO-LEGAL ISSUES; 35. Sexuality in old age; 36. Ethics and the psychiatry of old age; 37. Elder maltreatment; 38. Psychiatric aspects of crime and the elderly; 39. Testamentary capacity; 40. Competence; 41. Managing the financial affairs of mentally incapacitated persons in the United Kingdom and Ireland; 42. Driving and psychiatric illness in later life
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2002 |
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Co-Autor | Catherine Oppenheimer |
Zusatzinfo | numerous halftones; tables and figures |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Histologie / Embryologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-851563-4 / 0198515634 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-851563-0 / 9780198515630 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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