Mental Health and Older People: A Guide for Primary Care Practitioners

✍ Scribed by Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Mo Ray (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 356
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This case-based book offers primary care practitioners support in managing older people with difficulties due to mental health problems, emphasising the importance of integrating health and social care.

The full range of disorders is covered, including anxiety and depression, delirium, psychosis and the dementias.

The discussion of anxiety and depression encompasses diagnosis and management, assessment of risk, evidence for both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, and models of care.

Clear guidance is provided on the identification and management of symptoms of delirium and different forms of psychosis in older people. The coverage of the dementias includes presentation, initial management, risks to self and others, referral to specialist care and care of older people in residential and nursing homes. Each chapter is co-written by authors from different professional backgrounds and draws on up-to-date national and international research and guidelines. The book will assist greatly in the commissioning and delivery of evidence-based practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Setting the Context....Pages 3-8
Resilience and Well-Being....Pages 9-17
Living Well with Loss in Later Life....Pages 19-28
Policy Context for Mental Health and Older People....Pages 29-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Anxiety and Depression in Older People: Diagnostic Challenges....Pages 45-55
Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression....Pages 57-65
Link Between Anxiety and Depression and Pain and Sleep Disruption....Pages 67-78
The Management of Depression and Anxiety in Older People: Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions, Stepped Care and Collaborative Care....Pages 79-92
Pharmacological Management of Anxiety and Depression in Older People....Pages 93-113
Depression and Anxiety: Admission and Discharge....Pages 115-119
Depression and Anxiety: The Role of the Third Sector....Pages 121-131
Creativity and the Arts for Older People Living with Depression....Pages 133-143
Depression in Care Homes....Pages 145-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Delirium....Pages 163-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Psychosis in the Elderly....Pages 181-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Dementia: Introduction, Epidemiology and Economic Impact....Pages 197-209
Timely Diagnosis of Dementia in Ireland: Recent Policy Developments....Pages 211-217
Person-Centred Care and Dementia....Pages 219-228
Identification and Primary Care Management....Pages 229-240
Psychotherapy Interventions with People Affected by Dementia....Pages 241-251
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
‘They Are Still the Same as You on the Outside Just a Bit Different on the Inside’: Raising Awareness of Dementia Through the School Curriculum....Pages 253-256
Mum and Me, a Journey with Dementia: A Personal Reflection....Pages 257-265
Role of Specialist Care in Dementia....Pages 267-282
Living with Dementia in a Care Home: The Importance of Well-Being and Quality of Life on Physical and Mental Health....Pages 283-291
Communication with People with Dementia....Pages 293-300
The Dementias: Risks to Self and Others....Pages 301-308
The Dementias: Mental Capacity Act and Legal Aspects....Pages 309-317
Caring for People with Dementia Towards, and at, the End of Life....Pages 319-327
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Enhancing Older People’s Mental Wellbeing Through Research: A Case Study....Pages 331-339
Interprofessional Working....Pages 341-346
Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 347-349
Back Matter....Pages 351-364

✦ Subjects

Psychiatry; Primary Care Medicine; Psychology, general