Handbook of Old Age Liaison Psychiatry

Introduction: geriatric medicine and old age psychiatry Rob Wears; 1. Psychological well-being in later life Dr Andrew Papadopoulos; 2. The epidemiology of mental illness in older people in acute hospitals; a growing challenge for the liaison psychiatrist Christiana Elisha-Aboh and George Crowther; 3. Elderly friendly environment Khalid Ali; 4. Communication with older people Sarmishtha Bhattacharyya and Susan Benbow; 5. Privacy and dignity in acute hospitals Eve Braithwaite and Sean Ninan; 6. Liaison psychiatry and law Hugh Series; 7. Safeguarding adults Sarah Murphy and Sabeena Pheerunggee; 8. Carers needs; during and after admission David Jolley, Brenda Roe and Caroline Sutcliffe; 9. Dementia and related disorders Farooq Khan and Dr Ayesha Bangash; 10. Causes and management of BPSD in acute hospitals Ravinder Kaur Hayer and George Tadros; 11. Delirium Mani Santhana Krishnan, Josie Jenkinson and Rashi Negi; 12. Depression and associated disorders Wendy Burn, George Crowther and Eimear Devlin; 13. Suicide assessment and management Peter Byrne and Cate Bailey; 14. Fear and anxiety in acute settings Andrew Papdobopoulos, Osama Refaat and George Tadros; 15. Late onset psychosis and related disorders Simon Thacker and Katie Ward; 16. Drug and alcohol misuse in older people Tony Rao and Cathy Symonds; 17. Perioperative medical management of elderly patients Atef Michael and Nonyelum Obiechina; 18. Parkinson's disease and degenerative neurological disorders Sally Jones; 19. Comprehensive geriatric assessment Khalid Ali; 20. Interface with community services Ben Underwood, Rosalind Tandy and Emad Sidhom; 21. Psychometric scales in elderly care Tareq Qassem.