Practical Management of Affective Disorders in Older People

STEPHEN CURRAN AND JOHN P WATTIS, respectively Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Wakefield; Visiting Professor of Psychiatry for Older Adults, Huddersfield University

• Affective disorders in the new millennium. Affective disorders in old age; detection and clinical features. Aetiology of late life affective disorder. Pharmacological management of depression in older people. Pharmacological treatment of bipolar affective disorder in old age. Electricity, magnetism and mood. Psychotherapy with older people. Depression in physically ill older people. Relationship between physical illness and affective disorders. Depression in primary care The role of the nurse in the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with affective disorders. Occupational therapy and affective disorders. Social services for older people with depression. Carer and service user perspectives of affective disorders in older people. Cultural aspects of affective disorders in older people. Religion/spirituality and depression in old age. An overview of human drug development.

'Any clinician who works with older patients should read this book [...] It is an excellent review of this important literature and will help clinicians in the care of this rapidly growing population.' - DOODY'S REVIEW SERVICE 'Very well written and has great breadth...It is impressively current, authoritative and well referenced...There is balance, there is respect for each other's opinions, there is skill and, most importantly, there is a simple common goal: patient care. The book reflects those themes throughout...A fine piece of work, which does its subject justice and would be a good addition to any clinician's library.' INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS 'A welcome addition, worth including on a multi-disciplinary bookshelf and in the health library.' AGEING & SOCIETY