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Zusatztext This handy little book covers the essentials of geriatric psychiatry and easily fits in your pocket... I highly recommend this book. Informationen zum Autor Bart Sheehan is both an academic in old age psychiatry! based at Warwick Medical School! and a Consultant old age psychiatrist based in a busy community psychiatric service in Coventry. He manages older patients with all psychiatric illnesses! including dementia! in in-patient and community settings. His university work involves teaching students and clinical research into mental disorder in old age. In particular! he researches the effect of different environmentsand service settings on older peoples' mental health.Salman Karim completed his medical degree and adult psychiatry training in Pakistan. He trained in old age psychiatry and started his academic work in Manchester! UK. His clinical work as a consultant in old age psychiatry includes community and inpatient treatment of older people with mental health problems and dementia. As a lecturer he teaches under and post-graduate students. His research interests include Alzheimer's Disease and psychosis in older people.Alistair Burns is Professor of old age psychiatry at the University of Manchester in the UK and an Honorary Consultant old age psychiatrist in the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust (MMHSCT). He graduated in medicine in Glasgow in 1980 and trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry in London. He became the Foundation Chair of old age psychiatry in the University of Manchester in 1992! where he has been Head of the division of psychiatry and iscurrently a Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences! with responsibility for clinical affairs. He has been Director of Research and Development in the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust (UHSMT) and also Non-Executive Director and Vice-Chairman of the Hospital Board. Hisresearch and clinical interests are in mental health problems of older people! particularly dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He has published 298 papers and 23 books. Klappentext Psychiatric disorders like dementia and depression are very common among older people. Written by experts in clinical practice! this handbook provides an easy to use and comprehensive account of what is known about these conditions! how clinicians can respond to given situations! and how services can be best organised. Zusammenfassung Psychiatric disorders like dementia and depression are very common among older people. Written by experts in clinical practice! this handbook provides an easy to use and comprehensive account of what is known about these conditions! how clinicians can respond to given situations! and how services can be best organised. ...
