Substance Use and Older People

The only titlededicated to the neglected, yet growing, problem of substance use and abuse in this rapidly increasing patient population.

About the author

Ilana Crome, Emeritus Professor of Addiction Psychiatry, Keele University, Keele, UK; Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Stafford, UK; Honorary Professor, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College, London, UK.
Li-Tzy Wu, Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Rahul (Tony) Rao, Visiting Researcher, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK and Lead for Dual Diagnosis, Mental Health of Older Adults and Dementia Clinical Academic Group, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Peter Crome, Honorary Professor, Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK; Emeritus Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.

Summary

Substance use and addiction is an increasing problem amongst older people. The identification of this problem is often more difficult in older patients and is frequently missed, particularly in the primary care context and in emergency departments. This book shows how to recognise and treat substance problems in older patients.

Product details

• Authors: Ilan Crome, Li-Tz Wu, Rahul (Tony) et al Rao, IB Crome, Ilana Wu Crome, Ilana (Keele University Crome, Queen Mary Uni, Wu Li-Tzy, Crome Peter, Ilana B. Crome, Li-Tzy Wu, Rahul (Tony) Rao, Ilana B. Wu Crome, Rao, Peter Crome, Rahul Rao, Ilana Crome
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 19.12.2014
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research
• EAN: 9781119975380
• ISBN: 978-1-119-97538-0
• Pages: 424
• Series: Addiction Press; Addiction Press
• Subjects: Psychiatrie, Medizin, Geriatrie, Treat, Problem, problems, People, Psychiatry, range, Medical, Substanzmissbrauch, patients, Addiction, Geriatric medicine, Medical Science, Substance Misuse, Context, Identification, Substance, Departments, Difficult, particularly, incorporating, psychiatric specialties