Oxford textbook of old age psychiatry (harback) (series: oxford textbook)

Part I - Basic Science. 1. Biological aspects of of human ageing. 2. Sociological approaches to age and ageing. 3. Cognitive change in old age. 4. Epidemiology. 5. Neuropathology. 6. Neurochemical pathology of neurodegenerative disorders of old age. 7. The genetics and molecular biology of dementia. 8. Psychometry in older persons. 9. Principles of cerebral cortical development. Part II - Clinical Practice. 10. Psychiatric assessment of older people. 11. Clinical cognitive assessment. 12. Physical assessment of older patients. 13. Neuroimaging and neurophysiology in the lederly. 14. Psychopharmacology in the elderly. 15. Electroconvulsive therapy. 16. Social work, older people and mental health. 17. Person centred care. 18i. Psychological treatments - introduction. 18ii. Cognitive behavioural therapy. 18iii. Interpersonal therapy. 18iv. Family therapy. 18v. Psychodynamic therapy. 18vi. Non-pharmacolological interventions in care homes. Part III - Psychiatric Services. 19. Principles of service provision in old age psychiatry. 20. Primary care of older people with mental illness. 21. Memory clinics. 22. Liaison old age psychiatry. 23. Mental health in care homes for older people. 24. Good design for dementia means a better building for everyone. Part IV - Specific Disorders. 25. Epidemiology of the dementias of old age. 26. Mild cognitive impairment. 27. Clinical aspects of dementia. 27i. Living with dementia. 27ii. The syndrome of dementia. 27iii. Alzheimer's disease. 27iv. Vascular and mixed dementia. 27v. Dementia in Parkinson's disease adn dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). 27vi. Frontotemporal dementia. 27vii. Neurological dementias. 27viii. Specific pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer's disease. 27ix. The management of dementia. 28. Delirium. 29. Mood disorders. 29i. The experience of a depressive illness. 29ii. Depressive disorders. 29iii. Suicide in older persons. 29iv. Manic syndromes in old age. 30. Neurotic disorders. 31. Personality in later life. 31i. The effects of ageiing on personality. 31ii. Personality disorder and the effects of illness on personality. 32. Late-onset schizophrenia and very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis. 33. Severe and enduring mental illness in old age. 34. Alcohol and substance abuse in older people. 35. Working with older people with intellectual difficulties. 36. Sleep disorders in older people. Part V - Sexuality, Ethics and Medico-Legal Issues. 37. Sexuality in later life. 38. Ethics and old age psychiatry. 39. Elder maltreatment. 40. Psychiatric aspects of crime in the elderly. 41. Testamentary capacity. 42. Competence. 43. The legal framework in the British Isles for making decisions on behalf of mentally incapacitated people. 44. DRiving and psychiatric illness in later life.