Mental health and later life : delivering an holistic model for practice / edited by John Keady and Sue Watts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keady, John, 1961-

Watts, Sue, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Mental health services.

Older people.

Geriatric psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable consequences of ageing. This textbook will make it much easier for health, social care and third sector workers to identify, treat and support the needs of this population.The book takes an interdisciplinary team approach and sets the scene by looking at different practice contexts in the United Kingdom and the increasingly important role played by social care in addressing the mental health needs of older people. A number of more clinically focused chapters then cover: m

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Part 1 Setting the scene; 1 Between participation and practice: Inclusive user involvement and the role of practitioners; 2 Social care approaches; 3 Mental health promotion in later life; Part 2 Clinical contexts; 4 Anxiety and depression in older people; 5 Ageing and psychosis; 6 Alcohol and dual diagnosis in older people; 7 Memory services: Psychological distress, co-morbidity and the need for flexible working - the reality of later life mental health care

8 The Croydon Memory Service: Using generic working to create efficiency, job satisfaction and satisfied customers9 Dementia: Complex case work; 10 Later life liaison services: Delivering holistic care in a general hospital setting; 11 Psychological interventions for complex and enduring mood disorders in older people: Struggling with a lifetime of depression; Part 3 A way forward; 12 Key messages in later life mental health care: New directions and new ambitions; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-92231-8

1-136-92232-6

1-282-88258-9

9786612882586

0-203-84475-0

9780203844755

OCLC:

670411107