Mental health and later life : delivering an holistic model for practice

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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Keady, John, 1961-, Watts, Sue, 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.
Subjects:
Older people > Mental health services.
Geriatric psychiatry.
Mental health.
Older people.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Mental health services.
mental health.
elderly.
MEDICAL > Geriatrics.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Gerontology.
Older people
Mental illness > Treatment
Mental health services
Mental health
Geriatric psychiatry
Older people > Mental health services
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Table of Contents:
  • Between participation and practice : inclusive user involvement and the role of practitioners / Richard Ward, with contributions from the Scottish Dementia Working Group, Lindsay River
  • Social care approaches / Jill Manthorpe
  • Mental health promotion in later life / Ann Crosland, Annie Wallace
  • Anxiety and depression in older people / Georgina Charlesworth, Janet Carter
  • Ageing and psychosis / Susan Mary Benbow, [and others]
  • 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, [and others]
  • The Croydon memory service : using generic working to create efficiency, job satisfaction and satisfied customers / Rosalind Willis, [and others]
  • 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
  • Key messages in later life mental health care : new directions and new ambitions / John Keady, Sue Watts.

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