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Title Mental health and later life : delivering an holistic model for practice / edited by John Keady and Sue Watts.

Publication Info. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  618.97689 M549M    Check Shelf
Description xix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / Jane Gillard -- Introduction / John Keady, Sue Watts -- Setting the scene. Between participation and practice : inclusive user involvement and the role of practitioners / Richard Ward with contributions from the Scottish Dementia Working Group and Lindsay River -- Social care approaches / Jill Manthorpe -- Mental health promotion in later life / Ann Crosland, Annie Wallace -- Clinical contexts. Anxiety and depression in older people / Georgina Charlesworth, Janet Carter -- Ageing and psychosis / Susan Mary Benbow ... [et al.] -- Alcohol and dual diagnosis in older people / Rahul (Tony) Rao, Rachael Buxey, Kadiatu (Kadia) Jalloh -- Memory services : psychological distress, co-morbidity and the need for flexible working : the reality of later life mental health care / Sue Watts ... [et al.] -- Croydon memory service : using generic working to create efficiency, job satisfaction and satisfied customers / Rosalind Willis ... [et al.] -- Dementia : complex case work / Karin Terri Smith, Lorna Mackenzie -- Later life liaison services : delivering holistic care in a general hospital setting / Helen Pratt, Lorraine Burgess -- Psychological interventions for complex and enduring mood disorders in older people : struggling with a lifetime of depression / Stephen Davies -- Way forward. Key messages in later life mental health care : new directions and new ambitions / John Keady, Sue Watts.
Summary The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable effects of old age. This textbook will make it much easier for health professionals to identify, treat and support the needs of this vulnerable group.
Subject Older people -- Mental health services.
Geriatric psychiatry.
Mental Health.
Aged.
Health Services for the Aged.
Mental Disorders -- therapy.
Mental Health Services.
Added Author Keady, John, 1961-
Watts, Sue, 1957-
ISBN 9780415494281 hardback
0415494281 hardback
9780415494298 paperback
041549429X paperback
9780203844755 ebook
0203844750 ebook
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