9781841843940-1841843946-Psychosis in the Elderly

Psychosis in the Elderly

ISBN-13: 9781841843940
ISBN-10: 1841843946
Edition: 1
Author: David Ames, Edmond Chiu, Anne M. Hassett
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: CRC Press
Format: Hardcover 276 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781841843940
ISBN-10: 1841843946
Edition: 1
Author: David Ames, Edmond Chiu, Anne M. Hassett
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: CRC Press
Format: Hardcover 276 pages

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Psychosis in the Elderly (ISBN-13: 9781841843940 and ISBN-10: 1841843946), written by authors David Ames, Edmond Chiu, Anne M. Hassett, was published by CRC Press in 2005. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other Bipolar (Mental Health, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Schizophrenia, Aging, Biotechnology, Biological Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Mental Illness, Pathologies) books. You can easily purchase or rent Psychosis in the Elderly (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Bipolar books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.13.

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Across the spectrum of psychopathology in later life, psychotic symptomatology has been the most neglected, and although literature in this area is increasing, this is the first book to address the need for an overarching framework to examine and understand late-life psychotic phenomena. Exploring the practical and ethical issues that arise when managing psychotic elderly patients in the community, as well as the sequelae of stigmatisation and carer stress,
this text

  • brings together the latest research findings on schizophrenia as it presents in later life
  • covers the frequent comorbidity of psychotic symptoms with cognitive impairment, mood disturbance and physical illness
  • highlights the diversity of late-life psychotic symptomatology, discussing both aetiological considerations and management strategies
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