Handbook on Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Issues

This handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of geriatric mental health from a psychosocial standpoint in South Asia and beyond. It focuses on the policy and psychosocial aspects of geriatric mental health care and provides a global perspective on the well-being of older people. Leading scholars and practitioners present the importance of geriatric mental health care and provide insights into plausible solutions. The coverage encompasses everything from geriatric psychiatry, changing lifestyles, physical environments, ethical issues, healthcare facilities, developmental disabilities - and much more. The book provides an outstanding reference that summarizes and synthesizes current knowledge about the psychosocial aspects of geriatric mental health care. The reference work is divided into more than ten sections to cover the psychosocial stance of geriatric mental care comprehensively. Each section is dedicated to a particular perspective relating to geriatric mental care. The reference is essential reading for students, professors, researchers, and scholars in public health, psychiatry, social sciences, medicine, and health sciences.

List of contents

Contents.- Foreword.- Acknowledgments.- I. Introductory Section by Chief Editors.- 1. Understanding Geriatric Mental Health Psychosocial Dimensions - Mala Kapur Shankardass, Health Social Scientist and Gerontologist, Independent International Consultant & Retd. Senior Faculty, University of Delhi, India.- 2. Significance of Psychosocial Approaches to Address Geriatric Mental Health Avinash De Sousa, Consultant Psychiatrist and Founder Trustee, Desousa Foundation, Mumbai, India.- II. Country Situations Section Editor: Mala Kapur Shankardass.- 3. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health in India - Mala Kapur Shankardass, Health Social Scientist and Gerontologist, Independent International Consultant & Retd. Senior Faculty, University of Delhi, India.- 4. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Japan - Shuichi Awata, Vice President, Tokyo Metropolitan Instituteof Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan; Manabu Ikeda.- Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Hiroaki Kazui, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Kochi University, Japan; Toshinari Odawara, Professor, Health Management Center, Yokohama City University, Japan; Kae Ito, Director, Research Team for Human Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.- 5. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health in Singapore - Carol Ma Hok Ka, Associate Professor and Head of Gerontology Programmes, Singapore University of Social Sciences.- 6. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Sri Lanka - Sayuri R. Perera and D. Ariyasinghe, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka.- 7. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Nepal - Pawan Sharma, Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal; Suresh Thapaliya, RCPsych Medical Training Initiative Fellow, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Kent, United Kingdom; Kamal Gautam, Executive Director, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal (TPO Nepal) and Ramesh Kandel, Consultant Geriatrician, Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery HAMS, Nepal.- 8. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Pakistan - Imran Ijaz Haider, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Shadman, Lahore Pakistan; Farah Tiwana, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Shadman, Lahore Pakistan and Prof. Dr. Afzal Javed, Pakistan Psychiatric Research Centre, Fountain House, Lahore, Pakistan.- 9. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Taiwan - Yi-Chun Yeh & Cheng-Sheng Chen, Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.- 10. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Saudi Arabia - Javed Ather Siddiqui, Psychiatrist, Mental Health Hospital, Taif (KSA) and Shazia Farheen Qureshi, Psychiatrist, Mental Health Hospital, Taif (KSA).- 11. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Iran - Mahshid Foroughan, Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Gerontology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Vahid Rashedi, Gerontologist, Assistant Professor, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Ida Ghaemmagham Farahani, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.- 12. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Turkey Isil Kalayci, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gerontology Department, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.- 13. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Lebanon - Rita Khoury, Pierre Malychef, Georges Karam, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Saint Geo

About the author

Mala Kapur Shankardass is a sociologist, gerontologist, health and development social scientist. She is a teacher, writer, researcher, consultant and activist. She has been involved with ageing studies since 1992, when she started postdoctoral work on ageing issues. She has done prestigious assignments with United Nations agencies and international and national institutions. She has participated in panel discussions, delivered keynote addresses and chaired sessions on ageing concerns with reputed organizations in India and abroad. She has been recognized for her work and contributions to gerontology worldwide.
Avinash De Sousa is a Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, and Consultant School Psychiatrist. He has his Consulting Rooms in Santacruz West, Mumbai. He is a Research Associate at the Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai. He is also the Founder and Trustee – the Desousa Foundation – a trust that works in the area ofmental health awareness across all sectors.
He is also an Associate Professor and Secretary – International Institute of Organizational Psychological Medicine – an organization that works in organizational psychological medicine across seven countries.
He has over 750 publications in national and international journals and is the author of 12 books in the area of mental health.
He is one of the few psychiatrists who, in addition to a psychiatry degree, has Masters in Counseling & Psychotherapy, an M Phil in Applied Psychology, and an MBA in Human Resource Development. He was awarded a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hertfordshire, UK 2011.
 

Summary

This handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of geriatric mental health from a psychosocial standpoint in South Asia and beyond. It focuses on the policy and psychosocial aspects of geriatric mental health care and provides a global perspective on the well-being of older people. Leading scholars and practitioners present the importance of geriatric mental health care and provide insights into plausible solutions. The coverage encompasses everything from geriatric psychiatry, changing lifestyles, physical environments, ethical issues, healthcare facilities, developmental disabilities – and much more. The book provides an outstanding reference that summarizes and synthesizes current knowledge about the psychosocial aspects of geriatric mental health care. The reference work is divided into more than ten sections to cover the psychosocial stance of geriatric mental care comprehensively. Each section is dedicated to a particular perspective relating to geriatric mental care. The reference is essential reading for students, professors, researchers, and scholars in public health, psychiatry, social sciences, medicine, and health sciences.

Product details

• Assisted by: De Sousa (Editor), Avinash De Sousa (Editor), Mala Kapur Shankardass (Editor), Mala Kapur Shankardass (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2027
• EAN: 9789819521203
• ISBN: 978-981-9521-20-3
• No. of pages: 1100
• Illustrations: C, 1100 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology; Gesundheitssystem und Gesundheitswesen, Altersgruppen: ältere Menschen, Gender Studies: Gruppen, Altersgruppen und Generationen, Health Policy, Gerontology, lgbtq+ community, Aging Population, Gender and Health, Active Ageing Centres, Death Anxiety and the Elderly, Geriatric Mental Health Care, Forgiveness and Wellbeing, Mental Health of Older Women, Loneliness in Old Age, Geriatric Suicide