Early Intervention for Dementia
Chapter 4Early Intervention for Dementia Bernard Coope and Tanya Jacobs Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK Overview The aim of an Early Intervention Dementia Service is to help…
Dementia in the UK
Chapter 1Dementia in the UK Bernard Coope Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK Overview There are currently 8 00 000 people with dementia in the UK, and this…
Drug Treatment
Chapter 5Drug Treatment Solmaz Sadaghiani Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK Overview Two classes of treatment are licensed with the aim of improving cognition in dementia. Medications are…
Dementia and Families
Chapter 6Dementia and Families Jenny La Fontaine Association for Dementia Studies, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcestershire, UK Overview Family relationships are of considerable importance to people with dementia. A…
Causes of Dementia
Chapter 2Causes of Dementia Georgios Theodoulou Worcestershire Care and Health NHS Trust, Worcestershire Overview Different diseases of the brain cause different changes in mental function. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is still…
Assessment
Chapter 3Assessment Bernard Coope and Felicity A. Richards Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK Overview Making a diagnosis of dementia is essentially a clinical decision reached by assimilating…
Psychosocial Interventions in the Community for Anxiety and Depression
Chapter 12Psychosocial Interventions in the Community for Anxiety and Depression Linda Gask1 and Carolyn Chew-Graham2 1 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 2 Research Institute, Primary Care and Health Sciences and…
Brief Psychological Interventions for Anxiety and Depression
Chapter 10Brief Psychological Interventions for Anxiety and Depression Clare Baguley, Jody Comiskey and Chloe Preston Six Degrees Social Enterprise CIC, The Angel Centre, Salford, UK OVERVIEW There is a range…
Anxiety and Depression
Chapter 11Anxiety and Depression: Drugs R. Hamish McAllister-Williams and Sarah Yates Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK OVERVIEW Evidence suggests that patients with moderate to severe depression,…
Special Settings
Chapter 9Special Settings: The Criminal Justice System Richard Byng1 and Judith Forrest2 1 Primary Care Group, Institute of Health Services Research, Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, University…
