Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry

A concise and up-to-date text on the mental health of older people this second edition is fully updated to reflect changes in technology competency-based training guidelines law and treatments. Each chapter sits alone as an informative readable and helpful resource for a range of health care professionals. Together the chapters form an essential text that contributes to the rising standards in old age psychiatry. With practical guidelines on clinical management this edition also includes new sections on topics such as palliative care and migrant health all written by a global authorship considering international perspectives. Targeted at qualified and trainee consultant psychiatrists this text is also useful to other doctors medical students and healthcare professionals who work with older people.