Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry

Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry (2 ed.)

Edited by Tom Dening and Alan Thomas

Abstract

Taking a global approach by highlighting both the common burdens and the differences in management from country to country, The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, Second Edition includes information on all the latest improvements and changes in the field. New chapters are included to reflect the development of old age care; covering palliative care, the ethics of caring, and living and dying with dementia. Existing chapters have also been revised and updated throughout and additional information is included on brain stimulation therapies, memory clinics and services, and capacity, which now includes all mental capacity and decision making.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Oct 2013

Print ISBN-13:: 9780199644957

Published online:: Oct 2013

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780199644957.001.0001

Authors

Tom Dening, editor Professor of Dementia Research,, University of Nottingham, UK, Formerly: Consultant Psychiatrist, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Alan Thomas, editor Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, UK

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Front Matter
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
Chapter 1 Biological aspects of human ageingDoug Gray, Carole Proctor, and Tom Kirkwood
Chapter 2 Psychometric assessment in older peopleKaren Ritchie
Chapter 3 The sociology of ageingRicca Edmondson
Chapter 4 Transforming concepts of ageing: three case studies from anthropologySharon R. Kaufman, Julie Livingston, Hong Zhang, and Margaret Lock
Chapter 5 Epidemiology of old age psychiatry: an overview of concepts and main studiesThais Minett, Blossom Stephan, and Carol Brayne
Chapter 6 NeuropathologyJohannes Attems and Kurt A. Jellinger
Chapter 7 Neurochemical pathology of dementiaMargaret Ann Piggott
Chapter 8 Molecular genetics and biology of dementiaDenise Harold and Julie Williams
Chapter 9 Psychiatric assessment of older peopleAlan Thomas
Chapter 10 Clinical cognitive assessmentChristopher Kipps and John Hodges
Chapter 11 Physical assessment of older patientsDuncan Forsyth
Chapter 12 NeuroimagingClaire E. Sexton, Verena Heise, and Klaus P. Ebmeier
Chapter 13 Psychopharmacology in older peopleCraig W. Ritchie
Chapter 14 Brain stimulation therapiesDaniel W. O’Connor and Chris Plakiotis
Chapter 15 Person- and relationship-centred dementia care: past, present, and futureJohn Keady and Mike Nolan
Chapter 16 Psychological treatmentsPhilip Wilkinson
Chapter 17 Cognitive behaviour therapyPhilip Wilkinson
Chapter 18 Interpersonal psychotherapyPhilip Wilkinson
Chapter 19 Psychodynamic psychotherapyJane Garner
Chapter 20 Family therapyJane Pearce
Chapter 21 Nonpharmacological interventions in care homesIan A. James and Jane Fossey
Chapter 22 Principles of service provision in old age psychiatryTom Dening
Chapter 23 Primary care management of older people with mental health problemsLouise Robinson and Carolyn Chew-Graham
Chapter 24 Memory assessment servicesSube Banerjee
Chapter 25 Liaison old age psychiatryJohn Holmes
Chapter 26 Social careJo Moriarty
Chapter 27 Care homes for older peopleTom Dening and Alisoun Milne
Chapter 28 Palliative care and end of life careElizabeth Sampson and Karen Harrison Dening
Chapter 29 The concept of dementiaAlan Thomas and Tom Dening
Chapter 30 Hello, I’m me! Living well with dementiaJune and Brian Hennell
Chapter 31 Epidemiology of dementiaLaura Fratiglioni and Chengxuan Qiu
Chapter 32 Mild Cognitive Impairment and predementia syndromesJohn T. O’Brien and Louise Grayson
Chapter 33 Alzheimer’s diseaseJohn-Paul Taylor and Alan Thomas
Chapter 34 Vascular and mixed dementiasRobert Stewart
Chapter 35 Dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementiaArvid Rongve and Dag Aarsland
Chapter 36 Frontotemporal dementiaVincent Deramecourt, Florence Lebert, and Florence Pasquier
Chapter 37 Neurological dementiasAndrew Graham
Chapter 38 Pharmacological treatment of dementiaRoy W. Jones
Chapter 39 Management of dementiaSarah Cullum
Chapter 40 DeliriumJenny Hogg
Chapter 41 The experience of depressionJudith Boast
Chapter 42 Depression in older peopleAlan Thomas
Chapter 43 Suicide and attempted suicide in older peopleHelen Chiu and Joshua Tsoh
Chapter 44 Manic syndromes in old ageAkshya Vasudev
Chapter 45 Anxiety disorders in older peopleGerard Byrne
Chapter 46 Late-onset schizophreniaSarah Brunelle, Ipsit V. Vahia, and Dilip V. Jeste
Chapter 47 Personal experience of lifelong illnessAnonymous in collaboration with Sue Green
Chapter 48 Severe and enduring mental illnessCatherine Hatfield and Tom Dening
Chapter 49 Alcohol and substance abuse in older peopleHenry O’Connell and Brian Lawlor
Chapter 50 Older people with learning disabilitiesMaria Luisa Hanney
Chapter 51 Sleep disordersUrs Peter Mosimann and Bradley F. Boeve
Chapter 52 The effect of ageing on personalityBob Woods and Gill Windle
Chapter 53 Personality in later life: personality disorder and the effects of illness on personalityCatherine Oppenheimer
Chapter 54 Sexuality in later lifeWalter Pierre Bouman
Chapter 55 Ethics and old age psychiatryJulian C. Hughes
Chapter 56 Mental capacity and decision-makingJulian C. Hughes and Christopher Heginbotham
Chapter 57 Ethics of living and dying with dementiaCees Hertogh and Jenny van der Steen
Chapter 58 The ethics of caringClive Baldwin and Brandi Estey-Burtt
Chapter 59 Elder abuseJill Manthorpe
Chapter 60 Crime, mental illness, and older peopleGraeme Yorston
Chapter 61 Testamentary capacityRobin Jacoby
Chapter 62 Driving and psychiatric illness in later lifeDesmond O’Neill
Chapter 63 The law relating to mental capacity and mental healthKay Wheat
End Matter
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