Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry (College Seminars Series)
Contributors: Robert N. Butler (Editor); Brice Pitt (Editor)
Publisher: Gaskell
Published: January 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781901242218
Subjects: Geriatric medicine; Psychiatry; Medical
First sentence: Old age psychiatry is general adult psychiatry adapted to later life, and has come into being chiefly because of the spectacular increase in the proportion of the population surviving into the senium (over the age of 65 and beyond)(Box 1.1).