Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Authors
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1 What Is the Psychiatry of Old Age and Why Do We Need It?
- 2 Psychiatric Assessment of Older Adults
- 3 Differential Diagnosis: The Three Ds
- 4 The Dementias
- 5 Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
- 6 Delirium
- 7 Mood Disorders in Late Life
- 8 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders in Late Life
- 9 Neurotic and Personality Disorders
- 10 Substance Abuse and Iatrogenesis in Late Life
- 11 Services for Older Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
- 12 The Future of the Psychiatry of Old Age
- Index
9 - Neurotic and Personality Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Authors
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1 What Is the Psychiatry of Old Age and Why Do We Need It?
- 2 Psychiatric Assessment of Older Adults
- 3 Differential Diagnosis: The Three Ds
- 4 The Dementias
- 5 Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
- 6 Delirium
- 7 Mood Disorders in Late Life
- 8 Schizophrenia and Related Disorders in Late Life
- 9 Neurotic and Personality Disorders
- 10 Substance Abuse and Iatrogenesis in Late Life
- 11 Services for Older Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
- 12 The Future of the Psychiatry of Old Age
- Index
Summary
Neurotic disorders are common in late life and occur across spectrum. Personality disorders have been little studied in old age, but treatment goals should be articulated and comorbidities addressed.
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- Guide to the Psychiatry of Old Age , pp. 83 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022