Why has it taken so long for a book on this topic to be written? There have been many book on Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, which do not focus on the specific needs of the elderly that can be very different than those of younger people . . . It was wonderful to see such a collection of knowledge brought together in a single book, knowledge that takes clinicians years of clinical experience to gather . . . I would recommend this book for those training in old age psychiatry, geriatricians, clinical nurse specialists and occupational therapists and social workers working with older people in the general hospital. The assessment chapter would be very helpful to all trainee psychiatrists. It would be an invaluable resource for anyone developing a business case for an Old Age Liaison Psychiatry Service to the General Hospital.

• SECTION ONE - THE CONTEXT ; SECTION TWO - ASSESSMENT ; SECTION THREE - THE MAJOR DISORDERS ; SECTION FOUR - TREATMENT ; SECTION FIVE - ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES ; GLOSSARY ; INDEX

Why has it taken so long for a book on this topic to be written? There have been many book on Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, which do not focus on the specific needs of the elderly that can be very different than those of younger people . . . It was wonderful to see such a collection of knowledge brought together in a single book, knowledge that takes clinicians years of clinical experience to gather . . . I would recommend this book for those training in old age psychiatry, geriatricians, clinical nurse specialists and occupational therapists and social workers working with older people in the general hospital. The assessment chapter would be very helpful to all trainee psychiatrists. It would be an invaluable resource for anyone developing a business case for an Old Age Liaison Psychiatry Service to the General Hospital.

• SECTION ONE - THE CONTEXT ; SECTION TWO - ASSESSMENT ; SECTION THREE - THE MAJOR DISORDERS ; SECTION FOUR - TREATMENT ; SECTION FIVE - ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES ; GLOSSARY ; INDEX