Includes bibliographical references and index.

Between participation and practice : inclusive user involvement and the role of practitioners / Richard Ward with contributions from the Scottish Dementia Working Group and Lindsay River -- Social care approaches / Jill Manthorpe -- Mental health promotion in later life / Ann Crosland and Annie Wallace -- Anxiety and depression in older people / Georgina Charlesworth and Janet Carter -- Ageing and psychosis / Susan Mary Benbow ... [et al.] -- Alcohol and dual diagnosis in older people / Rahul (Tony) Rao, Rachael Buxey and Kadiatu (Kadia) Jalloh -- Memory services : psychological distress, co-morbidity and the need for flexible working : the reality of later life mental health care / Sue Watts ... [et al.] -- The Croydon memory service : using generic working to create efficiency, job satisfaction and satisfied customers / Rosalind Willis ... [et al.] -- Dementia : complex case work / Karin Terri Smith and Lorna Mackenzie -- Later life liaison services : delivering holistic care in a general hospital setting / Helen Pratt and Lorraine Burgess -- Psychological interventions for complex and enduring mood disorders in older people : struggling with a lifetime of depression / Stephen Davies -- Key messages in later life mental health care : new directions and new ambitions / John Keady and Sue Watts.

The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable effects of old age. This textbook will make it much easier for health professionals to identify, treat and support the needs of this vulnerable group.