Psychiatry in the Elderly

Basic science; biological aspects of human ageing; sociology of ageing; cognition and ageing; epidemiology; neuropathology; neurochemistry of old age mental disorders; molecular biology of dementia; clinical practice; psychiatric examination; geriatric medicine in relation to psychiatry; psychopharmacology; social work with older persons; the development and use of instruments for psychological assessment of older patients; psychological assessment and treatment; individual psychotherapy; family therapy; occupational therapy for older persons; personal therapies; nursing in old age psychiatry; general practice; old age psychiatry; psychiatric services; principles of service provision; the economics of providing services; carers - problems, strains and services; the carer's own perspective; design of environments; specific disorders; epidemiology of the dementia in old age; clinical aspects of the dementias of old age; assessment and management of mental disorders in older persons with learning disability; delirium - geriatrician's perspective; delirium - psychiatrist's perspective; depressive illness; manic illness; anxiety and neurotic disorders; psychiatric aspects of personality in older patients; paranoid states and late paraphrenia; graduates; alcohol and drug abuse; personality, ethics and medico-legal issues; sexuality in old age; abuse of the elderly; crime and the elderly; ethics and the psychiatry of old age; rights and risks; testamentary capacity; court of protection; enduring power of attorney; appointeeship; driving and gun licenses; advance directives.