psychogeriatrics

Related to psychogeriatrics: geriatric psychiatry

psychogeriatrics

The psychiatry of old age. This became an official speciality in the British National Health Service in 1989.

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Engedal, "Stability of the factor structure of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory in a 31-month follow-up study of a large sample of nursing-home patients with dementia," International Psychogeriatrics, vol.

The interactive relationship between pain, psychosis, and agitation in people with dementia: results from a cluster-randomised clinical trial

This made it possible for services that included the Valkenberg admission and long-stay wards, a large forensic unit, a psychogeriatric unit, and wards for children and adolescents to be co-ordinated comprehensively--then unusual in South Africa.

No health without mental health: establishing psychiatry as a major discipline in an African Faculty of Health Sciences

What's more, friends and relatives of that outgoing person are much more likely to miss signs of depression because they aren't expecting that condition in someone with an apparently upbeat personality, according to a study in the October 2010 issue of International Psychogeriatrics.

Extroverted personality can mask signs of depression: research shows that friends and relatives of outgoing and agreeable people often miss symptoms of mood disorders

Frances is a nurse manager in professional development and Anne is a nurse practitioner in psychogeriatrics, both are based at the North Coast Area Health Service and Dr Christine Alavi Associate Professor is based at the SCU Coffs Campus.

Creating change champions in dementia care--new online tool

September 2006--IPA Educational Programs Facilitate the Growth of Psychogeriatrics Profession in the Developing World

Envisioning an enriched future: View the future through a different lens to produce creative processes and outcomes

Willem de Wit, the head of psychogeriatrics and an athletic, pleasant man with a ready smile and a jocular way with staff, showed me about the facility.

Does Europe Have the Answers?

Departments of [1] Psychogeriatrics and [2] Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Chemistry, University of Lund, University Hospital, S-22185 Lurid, Sweden.

The plasma homocysteine concentration is better than that of serum methylmalonic acid as a marker for sociopsychological performance in a psychogeriatric population

In recent years the Hospital Authority has pioneered multidisciplinary outreach teams in geriatrics and psychogeriatrics, as a bridge between community and hospital services and to provide geriatric community care, where such expertise was largely non-existent.

Care of the older HOng Kong Chinese population

His awards and honors include Best Doctors in America, the Jack Weinberg Award in Geriatric Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association, and research awards from the International Psychogeriatrics Association and the local and national Alzheimer's Association.

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Diego De Leo is Professor of Psychiatry at Griffith University and Doctor of Science for his research activities in suicidology and psychogeriatrics.

Pesticides availability and medically serious suicide attempts in China

One HCA commented: "How many people would work with psychogeriatrics and incorporate being pooed on, peed on, hit, spot at, punched, kicked, including heavy lifting end cleaning for min wage or just slightly more then $12.

Nurses positive despite perceived poor pay and restructuring: NZNO's second biennial employment survey reveals a resilient nursing workforce, the vast majority of whom are satisfied in their work and believe they are providing a high quality of care. But pay rates remain a bone of contention

The authors of the review, which was published in the June 2010 issue of the journal International Psychogeriatrics, reported that 21 percent of individuals studied died from their disorders or complications relating to their disorders, and urged greater awareness of eating disorders as a cause of unexplained weight loss in the elderly.

How to recognize eating problems in older adults: weight loss, dizziness, and lack of interest in meals are signs that an older person may have an eating problem