Functional psychiatric disorders of the elderly
By: edited by Edmond Chiu, David Ames.
Contributors: Chiu, Edmond.; Ames, David, 1954-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 623
Subjects: Geriatric psychiatry.; Older people -- Mental health.; Mental Disorders -- in old age.
Description: This multi-disciplinary work is of international significance. It links psychiatry and somatic medicine, and confronts issues of comorbidity. Mood disorders are the commonest psychiatric illnesses encountered in the elderly and, as such, they receive the greatest coverage, but the text also focuses on the controversial area of late life paranoid disorder and schizophrenia, the neglected field of neurosis in old age, and the emerging problem of substance abuse in the older patient.

Several chapters feature case histories to bring the subject into lively focus. All chapters are neatly cross referenced and rich in practical advice for the multi-disciplinary team.
Notes: Based on s symposium held in Melbourne, Australia in 1990 by the Geriatric Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association.
Includes and index.