Guide to the psychiatry of old age
With an increasing global ageing population, the psychiatry of old age has become increasingly important. This revised second edition remains a succinct manual on the practice of psychiatry of old age, providing an up-to-date summary of existing knowledge, best practice and future challenges for the...
| Otros Autores: | , , , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2022.
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| Edición: | Second edition |
| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Cambridge medicine. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46426619*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is the psychiatry of old age and why do we need it?
- Assessment of the elderly psychiatric patient
- Differential diagnosis - the 3 Ds
- The dementias
- Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
- Delirium
- Mood disorders in late life
- Schizophrenia and related disorders in late life
- Neurotic and personality disorders
- Substance abuse and iatrogenesis in late life
- Services for older patients with psychiatric disorders
- The future of the psychiatry of old age.
