Psychogeriatrics
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTS 1. Extent of the problems........................ 1.1 Demographic and social considerations.............. 1.2 Developments in psychogeriatrics................. 2. The scope of psychogeriatrics..................... 2.1 Definitions........................... 2.2 Diagnosis and classification.................... 3. Epidemiology of mental disorders in old age.............. 3.1 General ............................ 3.2 Statistics from mental hospitals and other services......... 3.3 Mental disorders of the aged in the community.......... 3.4 Suicide............................. 3.5 Transcultural inquiries ..................... 4. Institutional psychogeriatric services and evaluation of programmes . . . 4.1 General considerations...................... 4.2 Institutional services in developing countries............ 4.3 Types of inpatient and residential care.............. 4.4 Integration of services for the aged................ 4.5 Special problems and trends in psychogeriatric care ........ 4.6 Operational research....................... 4.7 Criteria for effectiveness of programmes.............. 5. Research in psychogeriatrics..................... 5.1 Nutrition............................ 5.2 Relationship between "normal" senescence and pathological forms of aging............................. 5.3 Quantitative measurements in brain pathology........... 5.4 Threshold effects ........................ 5.5 Ultramicroscopic studies .................... 5.6 Localization of memory disturbances............... 5.7 Collaboration in investigations on brain pathology in the aged . . . 5.8 Immunological findings ..................... 5.9 Neurophysiological observations ................. 5.10 Vulnerability of old people ................... 5.11 Treatment of mental disorders in old age............. 5.12 Psychological measures ..................... 5.13 Sociological investigations.................... 6. Recommendations..........................  |
