Therapeutics in geriatric neuropsychiatry

Author(s)

• Ancill, R. J. (Raymond J.)
• Holliday, Stephen G.
• Mithani, A. H. (Akber H.)

Bibliographic Information

Therapeutics in geriatric neuropsychiatry

edited by R.J. Ancill, S.G. Holliday and A.H. Mithani

Wiley, c1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This handbook seeks to bridge the various levels of clinical geriatric psychiatry, giving readers an up-to-date account of the new drugs available and of how common neuromedical and psychiatric problems are approached in the elderly. It has three overlapping sections: the neurodegenerative disorders; the psychiatric syndromes; and behavioural presentations.

Table of Contents

• Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
• vascular dementia
• psychosis in the elderly
• depression in the elderly
• the agitated and aggressive elderly person in residential care
• clinical considerations in the diagnosis and management of geriatric delirium
• chronic pain in the elderly - a psychiatric syndrome?
• electroconvulsive therapy in dementia
• endogenous cortisol - relationship to psychiatric disorders
• dementia - nurse's role
• social work
• psychotherapy with the geriatric psychiatry patient
• cognition.

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Details

• NCID: BA44787125
• ISBN:
  • 0471979473
• LCCN: 97029971
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chichester ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 160 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC451.4.A5
  • NLM : WT 150 T398 1997
  • DC21 : 618.97/689
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Geriatric neuropsychiatry
  • LCSH : Aged -- Diseases -- Treatment
  • MESH : Mental Disorders -- in old age
  • MESH : Geriatric Psychiatry
  • MESH : Neuropsychology -- in old age