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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Author:   Robert Howard
Publisher:   Wrightson Biomedical Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Wrightson Biomedical Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9781871816389

ISBN 10:   1871816386
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 May 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 The dementias - laboratory to clinic: molecular biology of Alzheimer's disease, Brian H. Anderton; risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, Anthony H. Mann; clinical genetics of Alzheimer's disease, Simon Lovestone; dementia with Lewy bodies -recent developments, E. Jane Byrne; vascular disease, cognitive impairment and dementia, Robert Stewart; prions, Glenn C. Telling. Part 2 The dementias - treatments and ethical considerations: drug treatments for the cognitive symptoms of dementia, Ian G. McKeith; the importance of being an old age psychiatrist, David Jolley; residential care - quality and costs, Justine Schneider; the old age forensic psychiatrist, Robin Jacoby; assisted death in dementia - the case for accelerated deaths, Sir Ludovic Kennedy; assisted death in dementia and the old age psychiatrist, John Watts. Part 3 Management of functional disorders: making sense of antidepressants, John T. O'Brien; approaches to treatment-resistant depression in the elderly, Robert C. Baldwin; advances in electroconvulsive therapy in the elderly, Michael Philpot; the anxiety-stress model and its implications for the rational treatment of anxiety and panic in old age, Christopher G. Krasucki; novel antipsychotics in the treatment of late-life schizophrenia-like psychoses, Robert Howard; psychodynamic aspects of old age psychiatry, Mark Arden; family therapy with older adults, Vassilis M. Mouratoglou.

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