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- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- ‘Clinical Topics In … ’
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Editors’ Note
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Comments
- Section 1 Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Mental Health in Old Age
- Chapter 2 Vascular Dementia
- Chapter 3 Young-Onset Dementias
- Chapter 4 Rare and Unusual Dementias
- Chapter 5 Mania in Late Life
- Chapter 6 Alcohol Misuse in Older People
- Chapter 7 Drug Misuse in Older People
- Chapter 8 Mental Health in Parkinson’s Disease
- Section 2 Assessment and Investigations
- Section 3 Approaches to Management
- Section 4 Law, Ethics, and Philosophy
- Index
- References
Chapter 5 - Mania in Late Life
from Section 1 - Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2020
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- ‘Clinical Topics In … ’
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Editors’ Note
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Comments
- Section 1 Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Mental Health in Old Age
- Chapter 2 Vascular Dementia
- Chapter 3 Young-Onset Dementias
- Chapter 4 Rare and Unusual Dementias
- Chapter 5 Mania in Late Life
- Chapter 6 Alcohol Misuse in Older People
- Chapter 7 Drug Misuse in Older People
- Chapter 8 Mental Health in Parkinson’s Disease
- Section 2 Assessment and Investigations
- Section 3 Approaches to Management
- Section 4 Law, Ethics, and Philosophy
- Index
- References
Summary
Mania in late life is a serious disorder that demands specialist assessment and management. However, it is greatly under-researched. The mainstay of the older adult psychiatry workload will inevitably be concerned with assessing and managing dementia and depression, but the steady rise in the ageing population with longer survival means that there will be an increase in absolute numbers of older people presenting with mania. There are no specific treatment algorithms available for mania in late life. This chapter reviews mania and hypomania in late life and concentrates on diagnosis, assessment, and treatment, as well as on the management considerations associated with this important age group.
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- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 78 - 91Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020