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Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry

2nd Edition

Part of College Seminars Series

Rob Butler, Sati Sembhi, John Baker, Sharon Savage, Adam Zeman, Vyara Valkanova, Klaus P. Ebmeier, Fred Sundram, David Meagher, Sachin Jauhari, Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, Naji Tabet, Gosia Raczek, Ehighale Ojobo, Zuzana Walker, Rachelle Shafei, Jonathan D. Rohrer, Chanaka Wijeratne, Osvaldo P. Almeida, Annemiek Dols, Martha Sajatovic, Andrew H. Ford, Alexandra S. Creighton, Tanya E. Davison, David W. Kissane, Tony Rao, Helen Linnington, Helen Crimlisk, Amanda Hotston, Ian Maidment, Tibi Csizmadia, Paul Jones, Mark Fisher, Ken Laidlaw, Gary Cheung, Jane Casey, Thomas Desmidt, Gabriel Robert, Vincent Camus, Kirsten Moore, Nathan Davies, Nuriye Kupeli, Elizabeth L. Sampson, Richard Worrall, Michal Boyd, Martin Connolly, Deborah Balmer, Gill Livingston, Penny Rapaport, Claudia Cooper, Rohan Bhome, Natalie Shohan, Yasir Hameed, Cornelius Katona, Ben Underwood, Jerry Brown
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  • Date Published: July 2019
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108723985

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  • A concise and up-to-date text on the mental health of older people, this second edition is fully updated to reflect changes in technology, competency-based training, guidelines, law and treatments. Each chapter sits alone as an informative, readable and helpful resource for a range of health care professionals. Together the chapters form an essential text that contributes to the rising standards in old age psychiatry. With practical guidelines on clinical management, this edition also includes new sections on topics such as palliative care and migrant health, all written by a global authorship, considering international perspectives. Targeted at qualified and trainee consultant psychiatrists, this text is also useful to other doctors, medical students and healthcare professionals who work with older people.

    • Provides an international perspective on the field, bringing together input from a global team of authors
    • Updates a popular and successful concise book to reflect changes in technology, competency-based training, guidelines, law and treatments
    • Includes brand new sections on topics such as palliative care and migrant health
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    • Edition: 2nd Edition
    • Date Published: July 2019
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108723985
    • length: 326 pages
    • copublisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
    • dimensions: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
    • weight: 0.51kg
    • contains: 4 b/w illus. 26 tables
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Healthy ageing Rob Butler and Sati Sembhi
    2. Clinical assessment Rob Butler
    3. Cognitive assessment John Baker, Sharon Savage and Adam Zeman
    4. Imaging Vyara Valkanova and Klaus P. Ebmeier
    5. Delirium Fred Sundram, David Meagher and Sachin Jauhari
    6. Alzheimer's disease Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
    7. Vascular dementia Naji Tabet and Gosia Raczek
    8. Dementia with Lewy bodies Ehighale Ojobo and Zuzana Walker
    9. Frontotemporal dementia Rachelle Shafei and Jonathan D. Rohrer
    10. Depression Chanaka Wijeratne
    11. Bipolar disorder Osvaldo P. Almeida, Annemiek Dols and Martha Sajatovic
    12. Psychosis Andrew H. Ford and Osvaldo P. Almeida
    13. Anxiety disorders Alexandra S. Creighton, Tanya E. Davison and David W. Kissane
    14. Drug and alcohol misuse Tony Rao
    15. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Helen Linnington and Helen Crimlisk
    16. Medications Amanda Hotston and Ian Maidment
    17. Electroconvulsive therapy and neurostimulation Tibi Csizmadia, Paul Jones and Mark Fisher
    18. Psychological therapies Ken Laidlaw
    19. Role of an old age psychiatrist Gary Cheung and Jane Casey
    20. Consultation-liaison Thomas Desmidt, Gabriel Robert and Vincent Camus
    21. Palliative care Kirsten Moore, Nathan Davies, Nuriye Kupeli and Elizabeth L. Sampson
    22. Care homes Richard Worrall, Michal Boyd, Martin Connolly and Deborah Balmer
    23. Carers Gill Livingston and Penny Rapaport
    24. Law, capacity and ethics Claudia Cooper, Rohan Bhome and Natalie Shohan
    25. Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers Yasir Hameed and Cornelius Katona
    26. Clinical scenarios Ben Underwood and Jerry Brown.

  • Editors

    Rob Butler, Waitemata DHB and North Shore Hospital, Auckland
    Rob Butler is a consultant psychiatrist working with older adults at the North Shore Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. He completed his training in London and edited the first edition of Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry with Brice Pitt. He has also worked as a community psychiatrist in Suffolk.

    Cornelius Katona, Helen Bamber Foundation
    Cornelius Katona is Medical Director of the Helen Bamber Foundation, a human rights charity in London that works with asylum seekers and refugees, and Hon Professor in the Division of Psychiatry at University College London, where he was previously Professor of Old Age Psychiatry. He is a member of the Committee currently updating NICE guidelines on PTSD.

    Contributors

    Rob Butler, Sati Sembhi, John Baker, Sharon Savage, Adam Zeman, Vyara Valkanova, Klaus P. Ebmeier, Fred Sundram, David Meagher, Sachin Jauhari, Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, Naji Tabet, Gosia Raczek, Ehighale Ojobo, Zuzana Walker, Rachelle Shafei, Jonathan D. Rohrer, Chanaka Wijeratne, Osvaldo P. Almeida, Annemiek Dols, Martha Sajatovic, Andrew H. Ford, Alexandra S. Creighton, Tanya E. Davison, David W. Kissane, Tony Rao, Helen Linnington, Helen Crimlisk, Amanda Hotston, Ian Maidment, Tibi Csizmadia, Paul Jones, Mark Fisher, Ken Laidlaw, Gary Cheung, Jane Casey, Thomas Desmidt, Gabriel Robert, Vincent Camus, Kirsten Moore, Nathan Davies, Nuriye Kupeli, Elizabeth L. Sampson, Richard Worrall, Michal Boyd, Martin Connolly, Deborah Balmer, Gill Livingston, Penny Rapaport, Claudia Cooper, Rohan Bhome, Natalie Shohan, Yasir Hameed, Cornelius Katona, Ben Underwood, Jerry Brown

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