Collected Articles from Hospital and Community Psychiatry
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Introduction. The older person, the older patient, and the mental health system. Diagnosis and assessment of the older patient. Principles of mental health care for elderly inpatients. Basic principles of psychotropic drug prescriptions for the elderly. Mental health outreach and consultations for the elderly. Planning and development issues in implementing community-based mental health services for the elderly. Helping families cope with Alzheimer's disease. A comprehensive treatment program for several impaired geriatric patients. Practical geriatrics: day care for demented clients. Practical geriatrics: evaluating elderly outpatients with symptoms of dementia. Practical geriatrics: the mental health professional and the Alzheimer patient. Practical geriatrics: diagnosis and management of sleep disorder in the elderly. Practical geriatrics: the psychiatric consultant's approach to elderly fallers.