内容简介
Withrapidageingoftheworld'spopulation,psychiatryofoldagehasbecomeacrucialdiscipline.Thissuccinctguidetothescopeandpracticeofthepsychiatryofoldageprovidesanup-to-datesummaryofexistingknowledge,bestpracticeandfuturechallengesforthespecialty,fromaglobalperspective.Fromdefinitionsanddemographytoepidemiology,aetiology,andprinciplesofassessment,diagnosisandmanagement,eachchapterissharp,clearandpractical,enhancedbytablesanddiagramsforquickassimilationandreferenceonthewardorintheclinic.Aswellasthemainpsychiatricconditionsencounteredinoldage,coveragealsoincludeslegalandethicalissues,andtheneglectedtopicofalcoholanddrugabuseintheelderly.Writtenbyleadingclinicians,teachersandresearchersandofferingamuch-neededinternationalfocus,thiscompactguideisessentialreadingforpractisingpsychiatristsandgeriatricians,aswellastrainees,nursesandmedicalstudents.
作者简介
ProfessorDavidAmes(BA,MD,FRCPsych,FRANZCP)graduatedMBBSfromtheUniversityofMelbournein1978andtrainedinpsychiatryattheRoyalMelbourne(Australia)andRoyalFree(London,UK)Hospitals(1982-7).Hisdoctoralthesiswasonthetopicofdepressioninagedcarehomes.HewasUniversityofMelbourneSeniorLecturer(1989-1994),AssociateProfessor(1995-2005)andProfessorofPsychiatryofOldAge(2005-2007),beforetakingupthepostofProfessorofAgeingandHealthandDirectoroftheNationalAgeingResearchInstituteinSeptember2007.HehasextensiveclinicalexperienceinoldagepsychiatryandwasdirectoroftheStVincent'sHealthAgedPsychiatryServicefrom2005to2008.DavidAmeshasalsoeditedthepeer-reviewedCambridgeUniversityPressjournalInternationalPsychogeriatrics(2003-2011).Hehaspublishedover145peer-reviewedpapersinacademicjournalsandhasco-editedorwritten17books.HismainresearchinterestsaretheearlydetectionandtreatmentofAlzheimer'sdiseaseandthecareofthedepressedelderly.EdmondChiuisProfessorialFellow,DepartmentofPsychiatry,UniversityofMelbourne,Melbourne,Australia.JamesLindesayisProfessorofPsychiatryfortheElderly,UniversityofLeicester,Leicester,UK.KennethI.ShulmanisProfessor,DepartmentofPsychiatry,SunnybrookHealthSciencesCentre,FacultyofMedicine,UniversityofToronto,Toronto,Ontario,Canada.
