Older people's mental health today : a handbook / / edited by Toby Williamson

• Pubblicazione: England : , : Pavilion Publishing, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (487 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: Mental health
• Altri autori: WilliamsonToby
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Mental health and well-being of older people; Chapter 1: Old age and mental health in the context of the life span: what are the key issues in the 21st century?; Chapter 2: Mental health and well-being in later life: definitions and determinants; Chapter 3: Addressing the challenges to mental health and well-being in later life; Chapter 4: What do you expect at your age?; Part 2: Care and support of older people with mental health problems; Chapter 5: The older people's mental health legal and policy framework ; Chapter 6: Working with older people who have dementiaChapter 7: Depression and anxiety in later life: making visible the invisible; Chapter 8: Older people with lifelong mental health problems; Chapter 9: Older people, suicide and self-harm; Chapter 10: Involving families, carers and friends of older people with mental health problems; Chapter 11: Integrating health and social care; Chapter 12: Person-centred care and recovery; Chapter 13: Involving older people in service planning, development and evaluation ; Chapter 14: Housing: the backdrop to good mental health and well-being in later lifeChapter 15: Dignity in care of older people with mental health problems; Chapter 16: Adult protection and risk among older people with mental health problems; Chapter 17: Mental health, palliative care for older people and end of life care
• Sommario/riassunto: This handbook is a collection of chapters written by experts in the field of older people's mental health.
• Titolo autorizzato: Older people's mental health today
• ISBN: 1-908993-81-2; 1-908066-96-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787509903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II