Description |
xix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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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.
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Geriatric psychiatry.
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Mental Health.
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Aged.
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Health Services for the Aged.
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Mental Disorders -- therapy.
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Mental Health Services.
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Added Author |
Keady, John, 1961-
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Watts, Sue, 1957-
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ISBN |
9780415494281 hardback |
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0415494281 hardback |
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9780415494298 paperback |
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041549429X paperback |
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9780203844755 ebook |
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0203844750 ebook |
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