Schizophrenia into later life
Subtitle: treatment, research, and policy
By: edited by Carl I. Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, Carl I.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Pyschiatric
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Schizophrenia in old age; Geriatric psychiatry; Older people -- Mental health services; Schizophrenia -- therapy -- Aged; Health Policy; Schizophrenia -- physiopathology -- Aged
Description: Over the next 30 years, the number of chronically mentally ill people 55 years of age and older will double. With multiple disorders relating to mental illness and old age, this population will require unique services from a health care system that is ill prepared to deliver them. This is the first major multidisciplinary reference on this important topic. Coverage includes information on demographic and clinical characteristics of older schizophrenic persons, treatment approaches, research strategies, and economic and health policy issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.