Mental health and older people : a guide for primary care practitioners /: a guide for primary care practitioners. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Mo G. Ray.
• Editors: Chew-Graham, Carolyn; Ray, Mo
• Contents: ​Introduction: demographics, need, multi-morbidities, loneliness, loss, resilience and well-being.- Policy (UK and internationally).- Depression and Anxiety: Prevalence.- Link with LTCs.- Identification and management.- Risk management.- Evidence for pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.- Models of care – stepped care approach; collaborative care.- Role of third sector.- Delirium: Prevalence.- Identification and management.- When to refer.- Psychosis: Prevalence.- Identification and management.- Use of antipsychotics.- When to refer.- The Dementias: Prevalence.- Identification and management.- Risk to self and others.- Referral to specialist care.- Carers.- Shared care.- End-of life care.- Conclusions.- Appendices (including assessment schedules).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (364 pages)
• Subjects: 618.97689; Medicine; Older people -- Mental health; Geriatric psychiatry; Mentally ill older people -- Care; Medical -- Family & General Practice; Psychology -- General; General practice; Psychology; Psychiatry; Emergency medicine; Philosophy (General); Medical -- Psychiatry -- General; Psychiatry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319294926
• Related ISBNs: 9783319294902
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.