Drug treatment in old age psychiatry : a concise clinical guide to prescribing

Good prescribing is essential when treating older people with psychotropic drugs, given their vulnerability to adverse drug effects and to dangerous interactions. Drug Treatment in Old Age Psychiatry is an easy-to-use concise guide, providing clinicians with valuable advice on prescribing psychotropic drugs in their day-to-day management of older patients. Covering the most recent evidence and secondary analyses in this field, this volume summarizes core knowledge and best clinical practice in 'quick reference' charts and boxes. A wide range of readers will find it invaluable.All major psychiatric disorders are covered - including depression, anxiety disorders, mania and dementia. Emphasis is given to relevant aspects such as improving compliance, the range of available drugs, their characteristics, limitations, problems commonly encountered in their use, and the importance of 'individualizing' treatment to each patient.This volume is uniquely designed to provide a practical and accessible, up-to-date resource for practising psychiatrists, psychiatrists-in-training, pharmacists and physicians in medicine for older people, and will also prove useful to nurses and psychologists working with these patients, who are increasingly involved in the practicalities of drug administration "Drug Treatment in Old Age Psychiatry is a uniquely designed concise guide, providing clinicians with valuable advice on prescribing psychotropic drugs in their day-to-day managment of older patients. Covering the most recent evidence and secondary analyses for all major psychiatric disorders (including depression, anxiety disorders, mania, psychotic illness and dementia), this volume summarizes core knowledge and best clinical practice in quick-reference b̀oxes'." "Emphasis is given to relevant aspects such as improving compliance, the range of available drugs, their characteristics, limitations, problems commonly encountered in their use, and the importance of ìndividualizing' treatment to each patient." "This book will serve as a practical, accessible tool and up-to-date resource for practising psychiatrists, psychiatrists-in-training, pharmacists and physicians in medicine for older people, and to nurses and psychologists working with these patients."--BOOK JACKET Content: Foreword / Edmond Chiu AM -- Practicalities of drug treatment in old age -- Depression -- Co-morbid depression: depression in the context of other illnesses -- Anxiety disorders -- Mania -- Paranoid psychoses in older people -- Anti-dementia drugs -- Behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia -- Delirium -- Psychotropics and drug interactions. This volume is uniquely designed to provide a practical and accessible, up-to-date resource. It includes coverage of the most recent evidence and secondary analyses in this field, and will prove invaluable to a wide range of readers. Covering all major psychiatric disorders, "Drug Treatment in Old Age Psychiatry" is an easy-to-use, concise guide, providing clinicians with advice on prescribing psychotropic drugs in their day-to-day management of older patients.