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    Younger people with dementia : a multidisciplinary approach / Robert Baldwin and Michelle Murray, editors.

    • Title:Younger people with dementia : a multidisciplinary approach / Robert Baldwin and Michelle Murray, editors.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Baldwin, Robert C. (Psychiatrist)
      Murray, Michelle.
    • Published/Created:London ; New York : Martin Dunitz, 2003.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects: Presenile dementia.
      Presenile dementia--Treatment.
      Presenile dementia--Patients--Services for.
    • Medical Subjects:Dementia--therapy--Adult.
      Community Mental Health Services.
    • Description:xi, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
    • Series:Online access with purchase: Taylor & Francis.
    • Summary:Focusing on the experiences of a team developed by the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, this book discusses issues related to the care and support of younger people with dementia and gives advice on assessment and referral, occupational therapy and psychological interventions, planning services, day care and outreach, support for careers and families, and maintaining links with other health services. Baldwin is a consultant psychiatrist and Murray is a specialist nurse. The book is distributed by Blackwell Publishers. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1841842729 (hbk.)
    • Contents:Preface / Alistair Burns
      1. Introduction / Robert Baldwin and Michelle Murray
      2. Causes of dementia in younger people / David Neary and Julie Snowden
      3. Assessment and referral / Robert Baldwin, Ruth Chaplin, Michelle Murray and Jackie Kindell
      4. Treatments for dementia / Robert Baldwin and Sean Page
      5. Occupational therapy interventions / Ruth Chaplin
      6. Psychological interventions / Emma Shlosberg
      7. Social worker and social care: Rules and interventions / Sally Mendham
      8. Day care and outreach interventions / Catherine Byrne, Denise Dickson, Catherine Kinsella and Michelle Murray
      9. Support for patients / Emma Shlosberg
      10. Support for carers / Jackie Kindell
      11. Support for families / Kenneth Garrod
      12. Links with other health services / Sean Page and Robert Baldwin
      13. Multiagency working / Michelle Murray
      14. Views of users and carers / Emma Shlosberg, Caroline Browne and Alice Knight
      15. Planning services for younger people with dementia / Michelle Murray and Robert Baldwin
      App. 1. Geriatric Depression Scale, 15-item version
      App. 2. Useful contacts.
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