The Old Age Psychiatry Handbook: A Practical Guide Available Now for Review
Posted on: Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 12:00 CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c82505) has announced the addition of The Old Age Psychiatry Handbook: A Practical Guide to their offering.
The Old Age Psychiatry Handbook provides a comprehensive but concise overview of psychiatric, medical and practical issues that may arise within the speciality. The book is written in an easy assimilated format, ideal for use in the clinic and on the ward.
The Old Age Psychiatry Handbook includes chapters on basic history and mental state examination, specific psychiatric syndromes and prescribing for elderly psychiatric patients. It also discusses the social and legal issues faced by health care practitioners, patients, and their relatives, including mental capacity, financial entitlements and placement. The book is a compact "pocket guide," with information clearly displayed in concise tables and boxes accompanied by further detail within the text.
Written by doctors working in old age psychiatry, this guide is an indispensable reference tool for F1/F2 grades, Senior House Officers in training, General Practitioners, community psychiatric nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team. It is also of use in preparation for the MRCPsych examinations.
Content Outline:
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 The Assessment of Patients in Old Age Psychiatry -- Introduction
Setting
The psychiatric history in older patients
The Mental State Examination
Assessing cognition with limited time
Assessment of everyday functioning
Physical examination
Investigations
Neuropsychiatric testing and the memory clinic
Assessment of carers
Summary
Further reading
2 Dementia -- Definition and diagnosis of dementia
Assessment of a patient with dementia
General management of dementia
Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
Why differentiate between the dementias?
Alzheimer's disease
Vascular dementia
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Frontotemporal dementia
Less common causes of dementia
Mild cognitive impairment
Functional and molecular neuroimaging in dementia
Further reading
3 Depression -- Epidemiology
Clinical features and diagnosis
Risk factors for depression in old age
Treatment
Outcome
Prevention of depression in the elderly
Depression and dementia
Bereavement
Suicide
Further reading
4 Bipolar Affective Disorder -- Epidemiology
Aetiology
Clinical features and diagnosis
Management
5 Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder -- Anxiety in
the elderly
Generalised anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Phobic disorders
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Other reactions to stress
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Further reading
6 Psychotic Illness -- Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective disorder
Delusional disorder
Further reading
7 Personality Disorders -- Personality
Personality and age
Definition and classification of personality disorders
Personality disorders in old age
Management of personality disorder in old age
Further reading
8 Alcohol -- Current guidelines for alcohol consumption
Definitions
Epidemiology
Detection and screening
Consequences
Management
Further reading
9 Insomnia -- Sleep architecture
Circadian rhythm
Insomnia and consequences in the elderly
Causes of insomnia
Assessment of a patient with insomnia
Non-pharmacological management
Pharmacological management
Further reading
10 Psychopharmacology -- Principles of drug treatment in old age
psychiatry
Adherence
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Adverse drug reactions and interactions
Antidepressant drugs
Lithium
Anticonvulsant mood stabilisers
Antipsychotic drugs
Anxiolytics and hypnotics
Drugs used in dementia
Further reading
11 Electroconvulsive Therapy -- Indications
Mechanism of action
Efficacy
Adverse effects
Cautions
Consent
ECT and the Mental Health Act
Pre-ECT physical work-up
Medication and ECT
ECT procedure
Prevention of relapse
Further reading
12 Psychological Therapies -- Cognitive behavioural therapy
Behavioural therapy
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Further reading
13 Practical, Legal and Social Issues -- Provision of services
Legal issues in old age psychiatry
Social and financial issues in old age
Further reading
14 Physical Illness and Old Age Psychiatry -- Delirium
Vascular disease
Neurological disease
Rheumatological disease
Endocrinological disease
Nutritional deficit
Neoplastic disease
Palliative care
Further reading
Appendices
Index
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