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Depression, anxiety and psychoses in later life: more challenges for primary care

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2003

Steve Iliffe  and
Jill Manthorpe
Steve Iliffe
Affiliation:
Royal Free and University College London Medical School UK.
Jill Manthorpe
Affiliation:
University of HullUK.
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Extract

The current focus on dementia risks eclipsing other mental health problems of later life. While the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) has highlighted depression as an important disorder meriting special consideration,1 anxiety and psychoses in older people remain difficult problems for practitioners to manage. This paper reviews the prevalence and impact, recognition, complexity and prognosis and treatment for these three clinical problems, and proposes a framework for ‘good enough practice’

Type
Neuropsychiatry of Old Age
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 2002 , pp. 327 - 341
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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