Handbook on psychosocial aspects of geriatric mental health issues Mala Kapur Shankardass, Avinash De Sousa, editors

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shankardass, Mala Kapur

Contributor:

Shankardass, Mala Kapur, editor.

De Sousa, Avinash, editor.

Series:

History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Mental health services.

Older people.

Older people--Mental health services--South Asia.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Singapore Springer [2026]

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

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 and 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 and 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 and Behavioural Sciences, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Shadman, Lahore Pakistan; Farah Tiwana, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and 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 and 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 George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon and University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon; Bernadette Mdawar, Elias Ghossoub, Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

14. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Zambia - Susan Chungu, Lecturer Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Zambia; Ravi Paul, Sr. Lecturer and Head, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Zambia

15. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in South Africa - Tanyaradzwa Ndhlovu, Counseling Psychologist, Private Practice, Johannesburg South Africa

16. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Australia - Aniket Bansode and Akshata Mulmule, Consultant Psychiatrists

17. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Russia - Svetlana Gavrilova, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Federal Mental Health Research Centre, Moscow, Russia; Igor Kolykhalov, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Federal Mental Health Research Centre, Moscow, Russia; Dina Tukhvatullina, Institute of Population Health Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; Daria Smirnova, Department of Psychiatry, Narcology, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia and Neuroscience Research Instititute and International Research Lab in Neuropsychiatry, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia and Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

18. Psychosocial Aspects of Geriatric Mental Health Care in Greece - Kostas Fountoulakis and team, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Notes:

Includes index

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Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9789819521210

9819521211

OCLC:

1592062411

Publisher Number:

CIPO000330517

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