The 2nd Edition of this very successful book brings the reader up-to-date on the most recent advances in this area as well as a diverse range of other fields.

Drawing on the knowledge of leading international experts Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry encompasses the range of scientific and clinical disciplines relevant to mental health in old age, from neuroscience and molecular pathology, psychology and sociology, to community care, management and organization.

• A comprehensive, well-respected reference work, essential for everyone working in this relatively new specialty
• Covers the whole range of mental illness in old age in detail with chapters on normal mental and cognitive ageing
• Includes US and UK approaches to care as well as sampling the problem of aging in a number of other countries

Contents

Normal Aging

• Theories of Aging
• Brain Ageing
• Psychology of Ageing
• Sociology of Ageing

Abnormal Aging

Diagnosis and Assessment

• Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Nosology
• Clinical Assessment
• Standardized Methods and Rating Scales

Organic Disorders

• Delirium
• Dementia
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Vascular Dementia
• Other Dementias
• Clinical Diagnosis of the Dementias
• Outcome of the Dementias and Subtypes
• Treatment and Management of Dementias
• Conditions associated with, or sometimes mistaken for, Primary Psychiatric Conditions
• Investigations of Organic States and Dementia

Affective Disorders

• Nosology and Classification
• Depression, Dysthymia, Bereavement and Suicidal Behavior
• Mania

Schizophrenic Disorders and Mood-Incongruent Paranoid States

Neuroses

Personality Disorders

Mental and Behavioral Disorders Due to Psychoactive Substances

Learning and Behavioral Disorders

The Presentation of Mental Illness in Elderly persons in Different Cultures

The Practice of Psychogeriatric Medicine

• The British Model of the Organization of Sevices
• The North American Model of the Organization of Services
• Liaison with Medical and Surgical Teams
• Rehabilitation and General Care
• Prevention of the Mental Disorders of Old Age
• Education

Index

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