Full Description
This book documents the wide range of published guidelines for the diagnosis, investigation and treatment of mental disorders affecting older people. Focusing on aspects essential for the clinician, this comprehensive and practical book is invaluable to all those involved in the treatment, management and care of older people.
Contents
1. Introduction and Assessment of Guidelines 2. Dementia 3. Depression 4. Delirium 5. Other Disorders 6. Diagnosis: DSMIV 7. ICD10 8. DCR 9. Criteria for AD (NINCDS/ADRDA) 10. Vascular (NINCDS/AIREN, ADDTC) 11. Frontal Lobe (Lund and Manchester Groups) 12. Lewy Body 13. Investigations 14. Management 15. Others