Mental health problems in old age : a reader

Author(s)

• Gearing, Brian
• Johnson, Thomas M. (Thomas Malcolm)
• Heller, Tom
• Open University

Bibliographic Information

Mental health problems in old age : a reader

edited by Brian Gearing, Malcolm Johnson, and Tom Heller

（A Wiley medical publication）

Wiley, 1988

• pbk.

Note

Thirteen of the twenty six articles are reprinted from various sources

"A Wiley medical publication in association with the Open University."

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Both multi-disciplinary and multi-occupational in its content, authorship and approach, this practical reader aims to increase the health professional's understanding and awareness of the problems of mental illness in elderly people living in the community.

Table of Contents

• Mental Health, Ageing and Society
• An Ageing Britain - What Is Its Future?
• The Epidemiology of Mental Disorders in Old Age
• Attitudes, Stereotypes and Prejudice About Ageing
• Mental Health in Old Age
• Approaches to the Study of Ageing
• Mental Disorder and Elderly Members of Ethnic Minority Groups
• Community Needs and Issues
• The Demographic and Social Circumstances of Elderly People
• Prevention of Depression and Suicide
• The Supporters of Confused Elderly Persons at Home
• Risk
• Understanding Mental Health Problems
• Memory in Later Life: An Introduction to the Basics of Theory and Practice
• Cognitive Loss in Old Age - Myth or Fact?
• Biological Factors in the Etiology of Mental Disorders of Old Age
• Characteristics of Depression in the Elderly
• The Contribution of Psychology to the Understanding of Senile Dementia
• Self Awareness in Early Dementia
• Assessment of Mental Health in Older People
• Biographical Influences on Mental Health in Old Age
• Clinical and Neuropsychological Assessment of Dementia
• Psychiatric and Physical Assessment
• Approaches to Treatment and Care
• New Approaches in Services for Mentally Ill Older People
• Meeting the Challenge of Coordinated Service Delivery
• Issues in the Therapeutic use of Reminiscence with Elderly People
• Family Techniques to Resolve Elder Abuse
• How to Help the Bereaved
• Elderly People and Drug-Based Therapy
• The Ethics of Compulsory Removal.

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Details

• NCID: BA07323781
• ISBN:
  • 0471918717
• LCCN: 88000029
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chichester [England] ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 222 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC451.4.A5
  • DC19 : 362.2/0880565
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aged -- Mental health
  • MESH : Community Mental Health Services -- in old age
  • MESH : Community Mental Health Services -- in old age -- collected works
  • MESH : Mental Disorders -- in old age
  • MESH : Mental Disorders -- in old age -- collected works
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00021117