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Supports the delivery of holistic mental health interventions in older people
Covers functional mental health problems and acquired organic mental disorders
Presents case scenarios from low-, medium-, and high-income countries
Addresses delivery of the Global Mental Health Action Plan
Features contributions from a range of care providers
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Introduction to Primary Care Mental Health in Older Adults
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Foundation Principles to Promote Mental Health in Older Adults
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Accessing the Essential
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Therapeutic Approach of Older Adults with Mental Disorders
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Mental and Behavioural Disorders (and Problems) in Older Adults in Primary Care
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About this book
This book is a practical resource that will support the delivery of holistic mental health interventions in the primary and community care setting for older people. Primary care delivery is discussed in relation to both functional mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and psychotic and personality disorders, and acquired organic mental disorders of old age, such as dementia, cognitive impairments, and delirium. Careful consideration is paid to the complex relationship between mental and somatic health problems, as well as the impacts of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Further topics include, for example, epidemiology, wider determinants of health, different care models, history taking, neurocognitive and capacity assessment, and pharmacological, psychological, and physical interventions.
The wider goals of the book are to support the development of community resilience and self-care in older people; to promote universal access and equity for older people in order to enable them to achieve or recover the highest attainable standard of health, regardless of age, gender, or social position; and to promote pathways to care for older people with mental health problems respecting their autonomy, independence, human rights, and the importance of the life-course approach. This book will be an invaluable resource for all professionals who work with older adults with mental health problems and those training in these fields including physicians, psychiatrists, family doctors, geriatricians, general practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neurologists, occupational therapists, social workers, support workers and community health and social care workers.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Unité de Psychiatrie et de Psychothérapie, Centre Les Toises, Lausanne, Switzerland
Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima
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Mental Health and Population Health, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Gabriel Ivbijaro
About the editors
Professor Gabriel Ivbijaro is Visiting Professor of Population Mental Health at NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal and a specialist in Integrated Care and Primary Care Mental Health, with expertise in service re-design. He co-edited ‘Integrating Mental Health Into Primary Care: A Global Perspective’ in collaboration with World Health Organization and World Organization of Family Doctors in 2008 and has participated in a range of mental health transformation projects including being the Royal College of General Practitioners representative on the Royal College of Psychiatrists Intercollegiate SOC Committee that produced the ‘Good Practice Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Gender Dysphoria’ in 2013. He was a Member of the European Platform for Mental Health from 2008 to 2009, London Regional General Practice Adviser for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme from 2010 to 2012, Chair of the Long Term Mental Health Conditions Clinical Expert Panel for NHS London from 2010 to 2012 and Clinical Chair for Waltham Forest Federated GP Commissioning Consortium from 2011 to 2013. Professor Ivbijaro has presented papers and original thinking on primary care mental health integration and collaborative care at many local and international conferences and has published a range of articles in peer reviewed journals. He was editor of the ‘Companion to Primary Care Mental Health,’ an international collaboration of 110 authors from all continents of the world which received a five star (100%) Doody’s Review and aims to promote access and delivery of evidence based practice in primary care. His PhD ‘Stigma and social distance for schizophrenia in psychiatrist, general practitioners and service users’ highlights some of the challenges that mental health patients face when accessing health services due to stigma and discrimination. His contribution to the UK National Health Service was recognised in 2012 when he was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) by her Majesty the Queen. Professor Ivbijaro is an International Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Chair of the APA Caucus on Global Mental Health, a Wonca Fellow, a member of the American College of Psychiatrists, Chair of the World Dignity Project and Immediate Past President of the World Federation for Mental Health.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Primary Care Mental Health in Older People
Book Subtitle: A Global Perspective
Editors: Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima, Gabriel Ivbijaro
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10814-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10812-0Published: 21 August 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10814-4Published: 07 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 398
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Primary Care Medicine, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Clinical Psychology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Engineering, Health & Hospitals, Pharma