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Alzheimer's Disease and dementia
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a series of booklets describing a range of mental health problems, aiming to make people more understanding of what these are and of the people who suffer from them. This pamphlet looks at Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, particularly in older people.
Assessment scales in old age psychiatry
- Authors:
- BURNS Alastair, LAWLOR Brian, CRAIG Sarah
- Publisher:
- Martin Dunitz
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 302p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book brings together various scales that are used to measure the various manifestations of mental and physical diseases that affect older people. All the major assessment scales in common use are included. The scales are divided into eight areas: depression, neuropsychological tests, global mental assessments, physical examination, delirium, care-giver assessments, memory functioning, and other scales.
Supporting People with Dementia and their Carers in Rural Communities: conference proceedings (1998 : Aberdeen, Scotland)
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Dementia Services Development Centre
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 67p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Proceedings of the first Scottish Conference on this people with dementia and their carers in rural communities held in Aberdeen during September 1998. Topics discussed include: new drug treatments and their effectiveness; service provision; day care at home; adult placement schemes; the role of the psychiatrist in rural communities.
The impact of two changes in service delivery on a geriatric psychiatry liaison service
- Authors:
- BAHEERATHAN Mala, SHAH Ajit
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(9), September 1999, pp.767-775.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The impact of two changes in service delivery (alteration in the admission policy of the medical unit and the introduction of a formal liaison component to a 'consultation only' liaison geriatric psychiatry service) on the associated liaison geriatric psychiatry was examined in this study. There was a significant decline in the number of referral for each month across the three study phases. Although this study was not designed as a cost-effectiveness study, the results suggest that the liaison component has the potential to be cost-effective.
A multidisciplinary ethics teaching conference on a geropsychiatric service
- Author:
- MORROW-HOWELL Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 39(1), February 1999, pp.105-108.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article describes an ethics case conference on a multidisciplinary geropsychiatric service in the USA and its unique clinical, training and research benefits. Describes the structure of the conference, the major topics addressed, the perceived advantages and the research implications. Concludes that the care of older patients, the education of students and trainees interested in ageing issues and cutting-edge geriatric research are all advanced by such a conference.
A sociology of mental health and illness
- Authors:
- PILGRIM David, ROGERS Anne
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 254p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Provides an overview of the major aspects of the sociology of mental health and illness. Draws on a range of social theories and methods to illustrate points, provides information organised along class, gender, race and age boundaries, and critically analyses the mental health professions. Looks critically at debates around mental health legislation, and examines organisational aspects of psychiatry. Includes a chapter on community mental health work. Concludes with a discussion of the various ways in which psychiatric patients and their relatives can be understood in their social context.
Social work, psychiatry and the law
- Authors:
- PRINGLE N.N., THOMPSON P.J
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 210p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Explores the approved social worker's role in contemporary mental health practice. Combines a description of various aspects of multi disciplinary working, with accounts of clinical signs and syndromes, set against the possibilities and challenges inherent in the ASW's duties. Includes chapters on: law, policy and practice; psychiatry, diagnosis and treatment; severe mental health problems; disturbances in children and young people; people with learning difficulties; culture and diversity; substance misuse; dangerousness, suicide and homicide; ethical issues; and developing a psychotherapeutic approach to approved social work.