Practical old age psychopharmacology : a multi-professional approach /: a multi-professional approach. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stephen Curran and Roger Bullock ; foreword by Alistair Burns.
• Editors: Curran, Stephen; Bullock, Roger
• Contents: Psychopharmacological history through the looking glass of advancing years. Neuropathology. Neurochemical changes in old age. Assessing older people before treatment with psychotropic drugs. Old age psychopharmacology; the pharmacist perspective. The role of the nurse in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of older people with psychotropic drugs. The GP and 'Medicines Management' for older people with mental health problems in primary care. Management of geriatric mood disorders. The treatment of psychosis in the elderly. Treatment of anxiety disorders. Sleep disturbance and its management in older patients. Drug treatment in dementia. Pharmacogenetics and the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The role of drug therapy in the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia. Treatment of delirium.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 615.78; Geriatric psychopharmacology; Dementia -- Patients -- Treatment; MEDICAL / Pharmacology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315344287; 1315344289
• Related ISBNs: 9781138430525
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 20, 2018).
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