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The Old Age Psychiatry Handbook: A Practical Guide
Author(s): Joanne Rodda (Author), Niall Boyce (Author), Zuzana Walker (Author)
- Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
- Publication Date: March 10, 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 0470060158
- ISBN-13: 9780470060155
Book Description
The Old Age Psychiatry Handbook includes chapters on basic history and mental state examination, specific psychiatric syndromes and prescribing for elderly psychiatric patients. It also discusses the social and legal issues faced by health care practitioners, patients, and their relatives, including mental capacity, financial entitlements and placement. The book is a compact “pocket guide”, with information clearly displayed in concise tables and boxes accompanied by further detail within the text.
Written by doctors working in old age psychiatry, this guide is an indispensable reference tool for F1/F2 grades, Senior House Officers in training, General Practitioners, community psychiatric nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team. It is also of use in preparation for the MRCPsych examinations.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The book is written in an easy assimilated format, ideal for use in the clinic and on the ward.” (Doody’s, June 2008)
About the Author
Dr. Joanne Rodda.
Dr. Zuzana Walker, MD FRCPsych. Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Psychiatry of the Elderly at University College London and St. Margaret’s Hospital, Epping, Essex, UK.
