Robert C Baldwin

Depression in Later Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library, this second edition highlights areas of depression which are of special relevance to later life, how to diagnose depression in an older person, the overlap with dementia and various other physical illnesses, and important pharmacological considerations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 127mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780199671632
• ISBN-10: 019967163X
• Artikelnr.: 39525491

Autorenporträt

Robert Baldwin has been a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry at Manchester Royal Infirmary since 1985 and Honorary Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester since 2000. His main research interest is mood disorders in later life, on which he has published widely.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Classification and epidemiology
3: Clinical Features
4: Self harm and suicide
5: Aetiology
6: Medical co-morbidity and depression in late life
7: Assessment and management
8: Depression in primary care
9: Prognosis
10: Prevention
11: Resources