The Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Faculty of the Psychiatry of Old Age are offering this free online textbook. It is part of a series of texts for junior doctors to utilize during their training and in preparation for the MRCPsych examination.
Rob Butler and Brice Pitt are the editors and also the authors of several of the chapters. Each chapter can be individually viewed and/or downloaded. This text is from 1998 and may not include the latest information on the subject on the psychiatry of old age.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Assessment
- Location of assessment
- History
- Mental State
- Physical examination
- Investigations
- Formulation
- Rating instruments
- Chapter 2: Epidemiology
- Demographic trends
- Epidemiological terms
- Sources of information
- Types of study
- States in epidemiological studies
- Quality control
- Chapter 3: Delirium
- Historical context
- Classification
- Epidemiology
- Clinical features
- Natural history
- Aetiology
- Mechanisms of delirium
- Differential diagnosis
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Prognosis
- Chapter 4: Alzheimer’s disease
- Epidemiology
- Clinical features
- Differential diagnosis
- Diagnostic criteria
- Assessment
- Prognosis
- Aetiology
- Neuropathology
- Neurochemistry
- Chapter 5: Vascular and other dementias
- Vascular dementia
- Rare causes of vascular dementia
- Non-Alzheimer degenerative dementias
- Treatable dementias
- Chapter 6: Management of dementia
- Historical context
- Structured approach
- Treatable causes of dementia
- Concurrent illness
- Troublesome behaviours
- Medication
- Psychological interventions
- Social interventions
- Carers
- Primary health care
- Multi-disciplinary team
- Care Programme Approach
- Problem-orientated approach
- Chapter 7: Depression
- Classification
- Epidemiology
- Clinical presentation
- Assessment
- Differential diagnosis
- Aetiology
- Management
- Prognosis
- Chapter 8: Mania
- Classification
- Epidemiology
- Aetiology
- Age of onset and clinical course
- Clinical presentation
- Management
- Prognosis
- Chapter 9: Anxiety disorders and other neuroses
- Classification
- Epidemiology
- Aetiology
- Specific neurotic disorders
- Management
- Chapter 10: Late paraphrenia
- Historical context
- Psychiatric signs and symptoms
- Classification
- Prevalence and incidence
- Risk factors
- Divisions
- Management
- Chapter 11: Personality disorders and alcohol
dependence - Personality disorder
- Ageing and behaviour
- Prevalence
- Association with other diagnoses
- Management of personality disorder
- Outcome
- Sexuality
- Alcohol dependence
- Epidemiology
- Aetiology
- Medical complications
- Presentation
- Management of alcohol dependence
- Other drug dependence
- Chapter 12: Imaging
- Structural imaging
- Functional imaging
- Dementia
- Affective disorders
- Paraphrenia
- Chapter 13: Services
- Development of services
- Range of services available
- Links with other services
- Chapter 14: Liaison
- Epidemiology
- Psychiatric disorders
- Screening
- Attitudes
- Liaison practice
- Relationship between geriatric physicians and old age psychiatrists
- Chapter 15: Residential and nursing homes
- Demographics
- Historical context
- Characteristics of residents
- Characteristics of homes
- Chapter 16: Pharmacological treatments
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacodynamics
- Dementia
- Delirium
- Depressive illness
- Mania
- Schizophrenia
- Sleep disorders
- Chapter 17: Psychological treatments
- Practical applications
- Psychotherapy
- Group therapy
- Family therapy
- Marital therapy
- Cognitive and behavioural therapies
- Anxiety management
- Grief counselling
- Therapies for dementia
- Carers and stress
- Chapter 18: Carers
- Extent of carer stress
- Causes of carer stress
- Effects of carer stress
- Ways of reducing carer stress
- Elder abuse
- Chapter 19: Law
- General principles
- Legal rights of the mentally ill
- Financial affairs
- Compulsory admission
- Consent to medical treatment
- Chapter 20: Research
- Basic principles
- Types of study
- Ethical principles
- Stages in a research project
- Specific problems and challenges
- Future areas for research
- Chapter 21: Patient management problems
- Assessment
- Epidemiology
- Delirium
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Vascular dementia
- Management of dementia
- Depression
- Mania
- Anxiety disorder
- Late paraphrenia
- Alcohol dependence
- Personality disorder
- Imaging
- Services
- Liaison
- Residential and nursing homes
- Pharmacological treatments
- Psychological treatments
- Carers
- Law
- Research
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Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry
