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This case-based book offers primary care practitioners support in managing older people with difficulties due to mental health problems, emphasising the importance of integrating health and social care.
The full range of disorders is covered, including anxiety and depression, delirium, psychosis and the dementias.
The discussion of anxiety and depression encompasses diagnosis and management, assessment of risk, evidence for both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and models of care.
Clear guidance is provided on the identification and management of symptoms of delirium and different forms of psychosis in older people. The coverage of the dementias includes presentation, initial management, risks to self and others, referral to specialist care and care of older people in residential and nursing homes. Each chapter is co-written by authors from different professional backgrounds and draws on up-to-date national and international research and guidelines. The book will assist greatly in the commissioning and delivery of evidence-based practice.
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This case-based book offers primary care practitioners support in managing older people with difficulties due to mental health problems, emphasising the importance of integrating health and social care.
The full range of disorders is covered, including anxiety and depression, delirium, psychosis and the dementias.
The discussion of anxiety and depression encompasses diagnosis and management, assessment of risk, evidence for both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and models of care.
Clear guidance is provided on the identification and management of symptoms of delirium and different forms of psychosis in older people. The coverage of the dementias includes presentation, initial management, risks to self and others, referral to specialist care and care of older people in residential and nursing homes. Each chapter is co-written by authors from different professional backgrounds and draws on up-to-date national and international research and guidelines. The book will assist greatly in the commissioning and delivery of evidence-based practice.
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The intended audience is students in health and social care professions, general practitioners and primary care nurses, social workers, clinicians in specialist care and practitioners in the voluntary sector. This book is successful in its aim to provide support to primary care physicians caring for elders with mental health problems. Throughout the book, there are suggestions to monitor and improve one's practice as well as points of reflection that are useful to think through proactively. (Danielle L. Anderson, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2016)
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