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Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Helen Chiu

    1. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong

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  2. Kenneth Shulman

    1. Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada

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  • Covers contemporary topics relating to psychiatric disorders among the elderly
  • Includes a combination of biological, psychological and sociological perspectives
  • Supports clinicians and students from both developed and LAMI countries
  • Presents research on recent topics that are not often dealt with in text books of psychiatry
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Mental Health and Illness Worldwide (MHIW)

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Table of contents (23 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Global Challenge of Aging Populations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Challenges and Opportunities of Aging Populations Around the World

      • Helen F. K. Chiu, Kenneth Shulman
      Pages 3-6

    3. Successful Aging

      • Rujvi Kamat, Averria Sirkin Martin, Dilip V. Jeste
      Pages 7-28

    4. Sociology of Aging

      • A. Lobo, C. De la Cámara, P. Gracia-García
      Pages 29-51

    5. Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (Including Cross-Cultural Comparisons)

      • Ee Heok Kua, Rathi Mahendran
      Pages 53-82

  3. Diagnosis and Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. (Neurobiology of) Dementia: Causes, Presentation, and Management

      • David Bensamoun, Aurélie Mouton, Eric Ettore, Philippe Robert, Renaud David
      Pages 85-104

    3. Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Usman Saeed, Walter Swardfager, Sandra E. Black, Mario Masellis
      Pages 105-139

    4. Dementia and Bioethics

      • Xiaofeng Li, Kok Pin Ng, Maowen Ba, Pedro Rosa-Neto, Serge Gauthier
      Pages 141-153

    5. Delirium

      • Walter J. Kilpatrick III, Benjamin Liptzin
      Pages 155-185

    6. Depression in Late Life: Etiology, Presentation, and Management

      • C. Power, E. Greene, B. A. Lawlor
      Pages 187-218

    7. Anxiety in Late Life

      • Gerard J. Byrne
      Pages 219-241

    8. Cognition and Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults (Including Question of “Neuroprogression”)

      • Sergio A. Strejilevich, Diego J. Martino
      Pages 243-261

    9. Schizophrenia and Cognition in Late Life

      • Tarek K. Rajji
      Pages 263-275

    10. Physical Comorbidities Associated with Late-Life Dementia

      • Susan Kurrle, Roseanne Hogarth, Henry Brodaty
      Pages 277-310

    11. Physical Comorbidities and Mood Disorders in Older Adults

      • Annemiek Dols, Caroline Sonnenberg
      Pages 311-341

    12. Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Screening Tests in Older Adults

      • Zahinoor Ismail, Moyra E. Mortby
      Pages 343-368

    13. Capacity Assessment

      • Carmelle Peisah
      Pages 369-398

  4. Treatment and Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 399-399
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About this book

This book consolidates current knowledge in the field and discusses psychiatric disorders among the elderly, while bridging the gap between clinical practice and the socio-cultural contexts. The book is particularly important in the face of rapidly changing conditions globally and challenges such as migration, war and violence, diminishing physical health due to ageing and their impact on the mental health of elderly. Longevity is a great gift of medical sciences and modern health care and since the benefit of longevity comes with specific mental health issues of the elderly, this book responds to the heightened need to understand and address the mental health challenges of the elderly.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong

    Helen Chiu

  • Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada

    Kenneth Shulman

About the editors

Helen Chiu is professor of Psychiatry at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is president of several prominent associations, such as, International Psychogeriatric Association and Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists. She is a prolific author with her papers appearing in most of the prominent journal in the field.  
Kenneth Shulman is an Affiliate Scientist with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Professor of Psychiatry with the University of Toronto
David Ames is Professor and Executive Director, National Ageing Research Institute, University of Melbourne..  Professor Ames has published over 140 papers in peer reviewed journals and has edited or co-written 17 books. He edited IPA Bulletin, the quarterly newsletter of IPA from 1996-2002, is a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of Alzheimer’s Disease International and and was the Editor in Chief of the scientific journal International Psychogeriatrics from 2003 to 2011.

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