Wattis / Church Practical Psychiatry of Old Age

1994
ISBN: 978-1-4899-3029-3
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, eBook

The first edition of this book was suggested by Tom Arie, Professor of Health Care of the Elderly at the University of Nottingham. The seven years since the first edition of this book have seen a revolution in the way that Health Services in the United Kingdom are organized. One of the original co-authors, Mike Church, has moved on through several NHS posts to independent practice in the area of management consultancy. He has been replaced by Carol Martin, a lecturer in the Psychology of Old Age in our department. In addition to the changes in the NHS there has been an explosion in the knowledge base of old age psychiatry, with several journals now devoted to the subject. A new diagnostic classificatory system (ICD10) has also been launched. In preparing this second edition, we have tried to remain true to the spirit of the first edition, whilst incorporating new knowledge and the changing context of our practice. Throughout the text we have used the terms 'patient' and 'client' interchangeably. The people we serve are the same whatever we call them! We have also, generally, but not always referred to patients in the female gender, since this reflects the fact that more women than men survive into old age. We have ordered the book so that the basic background information and skills in approaching the problems of old age are dealt with first.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wattis, John

Church, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2 Assessment.- 3 The classification of mental illness.- 4 Mood disorder: depression and mania.- 5 Confusion.- 6 Somatization and hypochondriasis.- 7 Hallucinations, delusions and persecutory states.- 8 Psychological therapy with older people.- 9 Pharmacological treatment and ECT.- 10 The organization of services and the law in relation to treatment.