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The needs and mental health of older people in 24-hour care residential placementsM A Fahy
Royal Free and University College School of Medicine, London, UK
Aging Ment Health 5:253-7. 2001..It may make both clinical and fiscal sense to reassess subjects. The development of more residential settings, which allow flexibility of degree of care, is recommended...- Characteristics and health status change over 6 months in people with moderately severe to severe Alzheimer's disease in the U.KGill Livingston
Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Int Psychogeriatr 18:527-38. 2006..Improved knowledge about the characteristics and progression of the disease reveals that moderately severe and severe patients cannot be regarded as beyond help and have the potential to experience varying and even high levels of QoL... 
Care at the end of life for people with dementia living in a care home: a qualitative study of staff experience and attitudesGill Livingston
Mental Health Sciences, UCL, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 27:643-50. 2012..The aim of this study is to examine barriers and facilitators to care home staff delivering improved end-of-life care for people with dementia...- Mental health of migrant elders--the Islington studyG Livingston
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Wolfson Building, 48 Riding House Street, London W1N 8AA, UK
Br J Psychiatry 179:361-6. 2001..In the UK, 6% of those aged 65 years and over were born abroad, most of whom now live in inner-city areas. It has been suggested that ethnic elders are particularly vulnerable to mental illness... 
Making decisions for people with dementia who lack capacity: qualitative study of family carers in UKGill Livingston
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7EJ
BMJ 341:c4184. 2010..To identify common difficult decisions made by family carers on behalf of people with dementia, and facilitators of and barriers to such decisions, in order to produce information for family carers about overcoming barriers...- The place of memantine in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a number needed to treat analysisGill Livingston
Department of Mental Health Sciences Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, University College London, N19 5LW London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:919-25. 2004..We adopt a 'number needed to treat' (NNT) approach to assess the benefits reported in memantine trials... - Antipsychotics and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: the LASER-Alzheimer's disease longitudinal studyG Livingston
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Holborn Union Building, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78:25-9. 2007..To investigate in a longitudinal cohort of people with Alzheimer's disease whether taking antipsychotics is associated with more rapid cognitive deterioration... - Accessibility of health and social services to immigrant elders: the Islington StudyG Livingston
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University Medical School, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 180:369-73. 2002..Numbers of immigrant elders are increasing and it is unclear whether they can access services... - Successful ageing in adversity: the LASER-AD longitudinal studyG Livingston
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Holborn Union Building, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 79:641-5. 2008..We then tested our hypotheses that wellbeing in adversity would be predicted by mental health (anxiety and depression) and social factors rather than physical health and that it would be stable over time... - Systematic review of psychological approaches to the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementiaGill Livingston
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Holborn Union Building, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London, UK, N19 5LW
Am J Psychiatry 162:1996-2021. 2005..The authors systematically reviewed the literature on psychological approaches to treating the neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia... - How useful are cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease? A number needed to treat analysisG Livingston
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Wolfson Building, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:203-7. 2000..To report on a Numbers Needed to Treat (NNT) analysis of the literature identified through a systematic review of trials of cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's Disease... - A nurse-coordinated educational initiative addressing primary care professionals' attitudes to and problem-solving in depression in older people--a pilot studyG Livingston
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, RFUCL Medical School, 48 Riding House Street, London W1N 8AA, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:401-5. 2000..The high refusal rate suggests that such interventions are unlikely in any case to be generally acceptable... - Persecutory symptoms and perceptual disturbance in a community sample of older people: the Islington studyG Livingston
Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:462-8. 2001..While there are extensive studies of paranoid symptoms and perceptual disturbance (PPD) in younger adults, relatively little is known about older adults with similar symptoms... - Change in attitudes to psychiatry and intention to pursue psychiatry as a career in newly qualified doctors: a follow-up of two cohorts of medical studentsRachel Maidment
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College London, Holborn Union Building, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
Med Teach 26:565-9. 2004..The findings suggest that encouragement during medical school from more senior doctors increases the numbers wanting to pursue psychiatry and may increase the number who subsequently pursue psychiatry as a career... - Systematic review of the effect of psychological interventions on family caregivers of people with dementiaA Selwood
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Archway Campus, Holborn Union Building, Highgate Hill, London, N19 5NL, UK
J Affect Disord 101:75-89. 2007..Many psychologically based interventions have been designed to help caregivers of people with dementia. More work is needed to identify which, if any, are helpful for such caregivers... - The determinants of family carers' abusive behaviour to people with dementia: results of the CARD studyC Cooper
Department of Mental Health Sciences, UCL, London, United Kingdom
J Affect Disord 121:136-42. 2010..We aimed to test our hypothesis, that more anxious dementia carers report more abusive behaviours, and dysfunctional coping strategies and carer burden mediate this relationship... - Striatal dopamine transporter in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease: a comparisonZ Walker
University College London, UK
Neurology 62:1568-72. 2004.... - The relationship of dementia prevalence in older adults with intellectual disability (ID) to age and severity of IDA Strydom
Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, UCL, London, UK
Psychol Med 39:13-21. 2009.... - Happiness across age groups: results from the 2007 National Psychiatric Morbidity SurveyC Cooper
UCL Department of Mental Health Sciences Bloomsbury Campus, 67 73 Riding House Street, 2nd Floor, Charles Bell House, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 26:608-14. 2011..To test our hypotheses that happiness declines with age, and that age moderates the relationship of other influences on happiness, so that they vary in different age groups... - Relationship of vascular risk to the progression of Alzheimer diseaseC Regan
Royal Free and University College Medical School, UCL, Department of Mental Health Sciences, Holborn Union Building, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW UK
Neurology 67:1357-62. 2006..To test the hypothesis that patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) who have vascular risk factors have a worse prognosis over 18 months vs those without such risk factors... - Caregivers' experience of risk in dementia: the LASER-AD studyA E Walker
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Aging Ment Health 10:532-8. 2006..This is realistic as despite caregiver's attempts at managing their CR's risks, including direct supervision, dangerous incidents still frequently occur in people with AD... - Does diagnosis determine delivery? The Islington study of older people's needs and health care costsT Nelson
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Highgate Hill, London
Psychol Med 34:147-55. 2004..Little is known about the factors associated with the receipt of care by older people. This study investigates the use. costs and factors associated with service usage among people aged 65 or older living in inner London... - A dependency model for patients with Alzheimer's disease: its validation and relationship to the costs of care--the LASER-AD StudyG Livingston
Department of Mental Health Sciences/Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, University College London, Archway Campus, London, UK
Curr Med Res Opin 20:1007-16. 2004..Applying this approach showed that institutionalisation and the most 'dependent' status were independently and significantly associated with high care cost... - Quality of life of people with dementia in residential care homesJ Hoe
University College London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 188:460-4. 2006..Staff should be aware that mood rather than level of dependency has a greater impact on residents' quality of life... - Do health and use of services differ in residents of sheltered accommodation? A pilot studyM Walker
St Luke s Hospital, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:617-24. 1998..To compare the rates of mental health problems, disability and use of health and social services of older people living in sheltered accommodation with those of the rest of the community in the same age group... - Alcohol in moderation, premorbid intelligence and cognition in older adults: results from the Psychiatric Morbidity SurveyC Cooper
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Holborn Union Building, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 80:1236-9. 2009.... - The Caregivers for Alzheimer's disease Problems Scale (CAPS): development of a new scale within the LASER-AD studyG Livingston
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Holborn Union Building, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NL, UK
Age Ageing 34:287-90. 2005..we developed the Caregivers for Alzheimer's disease Problems Scale (CAPS) comprising common risk factors for anxiety and depression for family carers of people with dementia... - Abusive behaviour experienced by family carers from people with dementia: the CARD (caring for relatives with dementia) studyC Cooper
Department of Mental Health Sciences, UCL, 67 73 Riding House Street, 2nd Floor, Charles Bell House, London W1W 7EJ, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 81:592-6. 2010..The authors hypothesised that while abusive behaviour would be associated with the carer reporting a less rewarding relationship, this could be mediated by the carer's coping style... - The potential of case management for people with dementia: a commentaryT Koch
Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 27:1305-14. 2012..We propose a research agenda on case management for people with dementia... - The attractions of medicine: the generic motivations of medical school applicants in relation to demography, personality and achievementI C McManus
Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
BMC Med Educ 6:11. 2006.... - Variation in the DCP1 gene, encoding the angiotensin converting enzyme ACE, is not associated with increased susceptibility to Alzheimer's diseaseJ Carbonell
Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London, UK
Psychiatr Genet 13:47-50. 2003.... - Concordance therapy: an intervention to help older people take antidepressantsN Higgins
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Section of Community Psychiatry PRiSM, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
J Affect Disord 81:287-91. 2004..Older people often do not adhere fully to antidepressant medication. Compliance Therapy improves adherence with antipsychotic medication... - Prevalence of dementia in intellectual disability using different diagnostic criteriaA Strydom
Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, UCL Hampstead Campus, London NW3 2PF, UK
Br J Psychiatry 191:150-7. 2007..Diagnosis of dementia is complex in adults with intellectual disability owing to their pre-existing deficits and different presentation... - Delayed discharge--a solvable problem? The place of intermediate care in mental health care of older peopleJ M Paton
Department of Psychiatry, University College London, Highgate Hill, UK
Aging Ment Health 8:34-9. 2004..The study found that the prompt discharge of older patients from acute psychiatric care was a significant problem and many of those patients may benefit from the therapeutic and rehabilitative process afforded by intermediate care... - Does standardized needs assessment improve the outcome of psychiatric day hospital care for older people? A randomized controlled trialO A Ashaye
Mental Health Care for Older People, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, London, UK
Aging Ment Health 7:195-9. 2003..Day hospitals for older people with mental health problems appear effective in identifying and meeting needs. The feedback from CANE made no difference in terms of outcome... - Differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer's disease using a dopaminergic presynaptic ligandZ Walker
University College London, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 73:134-40. 2002..In DLB there is 40-70% loss of striatal dopamine... - Quality of life in dementia: care recipient and caregiver perceptions of quality of life in dementia: the LASER-AD studyJuanita Hoe
University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:1031-6. 2007..Quality of Life (QoL) is a key outcome in dementia... - Attachment style and anxiety in carers of people with Alzheimer's disease: results from the LASER-AD studyClaudia Cooper
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, U K
Int Psychogeriatr 20:494-507. 2008..We tested, for the first time, the hypothesis that carer burden and the coping strategies used mediate a relationship between attachment style and anxiety... - Indicators of elder abuse: a crossnational comparison of psychiatric morbidity and other determinants in the Ad-HOC studyClaudia Cooper
Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Archway Campus, Holborn Union Building, Highgate Hill, London, United Kingdom
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:489-97. 2006.... - A systematic review of the prevalence and covariates of anxiety in caregivers of people with dementiaClaudia Cooper
Department of Mental Health Services, University College London, and Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, UK
Int Psychogeriatr 19:175-95. 2007.... - A systematic review of intervention studies about anxiety in caregivers of people with dementiaClaudia Cooper
University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:181-8. 2007..There is considerable literature on managing depression, burden and psychological morbidity in caregivers of people with dementia (CG). Anxiety has been a relatively neglected outcome measure but may require specific interventions... - A cluster randomised controlled trial to reduce the unmet needs of people with dementia living in residential careMartin Orrell
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:1127-34. 2007..Older people with dementia living in residential care have complex unmet needs and decreased quality of life... - The prevalence of elder abuse and neglect: a systematic reviewClaudia Cooper
University College London, Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, UK
Age Ageing 37:151-60. 2008..to perform a systematic review of studies measuring the prevalence of elder abuse or neglect, either reported by older people themselves, or family and professional caregivers or investigated using objective measures... - Acute mental health care for older people by crisis resolution teams in EnglandClaudia Cooper
Department of Mental Health Sciences (Hampstead Campus, University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:263-5. 2007 - Dementia with Lewy bodies: a comparison of clinical diagnosis, FP-CIT single photon emission computed tomography imaging and autopsyZuzana Walker
University College London and Royal Free Hospitals, London, UK
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 78:1176-81. 2007.... - How well do antidepressants work in older people? A systematic review of Number Needed to TreatCornelius Katona
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Wolfson Building, 48 Riding House Street, London W1N 8AA, UK
J Affect Disord 69:47-52. 2002..To make direct comparisons between studies of antidepressant treatment of older people using Number Needed to Treat (NNT) analysis... - What is elder abuse--who decides?Amber Selwood
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 22:1009-12. 2007..To test the hypothesis that family and professional caregivers have different views about what constitutes elder abuse... - Drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease: the way forwardIan Maidment
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 21:6-8. 2006 - Dementia and hypertension in African/Caribbean eldersTim Stevens
Age Ageing 33:193-5. 2004 - Psychological morbidity and caregiver burden in parents of children with Tourette's disorder and psychiatric comorbidityClaudia Cooper
Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, UK
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:1370-5. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Parents of children with TD are at risk of psychiatric morbidity; an intervention targeting caregiver burden might be helpful in reducing this... - Secrets and lies: the dilemma of disclosing the diagnosis to an adult with dementiaMartin Fahy
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, University College London, London N19 5NF, UK
Age Ageing 32:439-41. 2003..Clinicians should strive for earlier diagnosis and to address carer concerns, disclose the diagnosis and thus avoid the need for secrets and lies... - Developing the KAMA instrument (knowledge and management of abuse)Barbora Richardson
Camden and Islington NHS Mental Health Trust, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Archway Campus Holborn Union Building, Whittington Hospital, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
Age Ageing 32:286-91. 2003..A vignette-based instrument was chosen to measure applied knowledge and practice over other methods of assessments which were felt not to be practical or provide too much cueing for the volunteering staff... - The effect of a psychiatric attachment on students' attitudes to and intention to pursue psychiatry as a careerMonica McParland
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College London, UK
Med Educ 37:447-54. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Change in attitudes and career intentions was dependent on the actions of the clinical teachers. Undergraduate teachers may have an important influence on the numbers of doctors who choose this specialty as a career... - What to tell dementia caregivers--the rule of threesClaudia Wald
Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust, St Charles Hospital, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:313-7. 2003..Information should also be provided in written form and from support groups... - Stigma, racism or choice. Why do depressed ethnic elders avoid psychiatrists?Steven Marwaha
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Holborn Union Building, Whittington Hospital, Highgate Hill, N19 5NF, London, UK
J Affect Disord 72:257-65. 2002..This study therefore explored and compared the views of White British (WB) and Black African-Caribbean (BC) older people on depression as an illness, avenues of help and the place of mental health services... - Slicing the health service cake: the Islington studyTanya Nelson
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Archway Campus, Holborn Union Building, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NF, UK
Age Ageing 31:445-50. 2002..Little is known about the factors that are associated with receipt of care in older people. This study aims to describe the pattern and predictors of service usage, by a representative sample of people aged 65 and over... - The effect of education on knowledge and management of elder abuse: a randomized controlled trialBarbora Richardson
Camden and Islington NHS Mental Health Trust, Waterlow Unit and Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Gower Street Campus, 48 Riding House Street, London W1N 8AA, UK
Age Ageing 31:335-41. 2002..CONCLUSION: Identifying, documenting and reporting abuse of older people is not carried out consistently. Whilst an educational course goes some way in improving this, it needs to be targeted to take into account the baseline knowledge... - Just keep taking the tablets: adherence to antidepressant treatment in older people in primary careRachel Maidment
Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:752-7. 2002..An intervention comprising education, eliciting and addressing specific concerns about antidepressant medication and using medication, which minimises side effects, may be helpful... - Islington study of dementia subtypes in the communityTim Stevens
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 180:270-6. 2002..Epidemiological studies of dementia subtypes have revealed widely varying distribution rates. There are almost no published community prevalence data for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) or the frontal lobe dementias (FLD)... - Addressing the needs of carers of older people: the Islington studyGeorgina H Train
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:85-6. 2002 - Anxiety and depression in family caregivers of people with Alzheimer disease: the LASER-AD studyRachel Mahoney
Dept. of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Holborn Union Building, Archway Campus, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:795-801. 2005..A poor-quality relationship between the caregiver and the CR predicts both caregiver depression and anxiety. Caregivers living with the CR are much more likely to be anxious than depressed... - The TE4D-Cog: a new test for detecting early dementia in English-speaking populationsRachel Mahoney
Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust/Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:1172-9. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The TE4D-Cog is easy to administer, short and acceptable. Results are independent of age, gender and level of education. The TE4D-Cog may therefore be a useful alternative to the MMSE as a dementia screening instrument... - Persistence of and changes in neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease over 6 months: the LASER-AD studySeung-Ho Ryu
Dept. of Mental Helath Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:976-83. 2005..Clinically significant levels of NPS were associated with greater costs of care. The relatively few associations found between specific psychiatric treatments and changes in NPS reflect both undertreatment and the complexity of symptoms... - Coping strategies and anxiety in caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease: the LASER-AD studyClaudia Cooper
Old Age Psychiatry, University College London, UK
J Affect Disord 90:15-20. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Dysfunctional coping strategies and depression appear to be the most important factors predicting caregiver anxiety. Addressing coping strategies may be a helpful intervention for managing caregiver anxiety... - Psychosocial correlates of late-onset psychosis: life experiences, cognitive schemas, and attitudes to ageingSharon Giblin
University College London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:611-23. 2004..These findings contribute to an understanding of the emotional world of individuals who develop psychosis in later life and may have implications for developing more effective intervention approaches... - Shortage specialties: changes in career intentions from medical student to newly qualified doctorRachel Mahoney
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London-Camde, Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, London, UK
Med Teach 26:650-4. 2004..Early career advice and support during medical school and immediately after graduation may help doctors to be confident in pursuing shortage specialties to which they were originally attracted... - Relationship of exercise and other risk factors to depression of Alzheimer's disease: the LASER-AD studyCiaran Regan
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:261-8. 2005..It is associated with increased disability, cost of care and carer burden. Exercise is known to be associated with a lower prevalence of depression across the age range but little is known about its relationship to depression in AD... - Use of the QOL-AD for measuring quality of life in people with severe dementia--the LASER-AD studyJuanita Hoe
Centre for Ageing and Mental Health Sciences, Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Archway Campus, Holborn Union Building, Highgate Hill, London N19 5LW, UK
Age Ageing 34:130-5. 2005..This throws into question most people's assumption that decreasing cognition worsens QOL. We consider that it may be important to inform the public of this, as living wills are used increasingly in our culture... - The AdHOC Study of older adults' adherence to medication in 11 countriesClaudia Cooper
Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Dept. of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Archway Campus, Holborn Union Building, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NL, UK
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:1067-76. 2005..It is possible that medication-review enhances adherence by improving the doctor-patient relationship or by emphasizing the need for medications... - Are nurses equipped to manage actual or suspected elder abuse?Ginnette Kitchen
Camden and Islington NHS Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Whittington Hospital, London
Prof Nurse 17:647-50. 2002..This paper looks at reasons why abuse may not be reported... - Adherence to treatment in mood disordersNicola Byrne
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK
Curr Opin Psychiatry 19:44-9. 2006..Nonadherence to medication is common in mood disorders. Improving adherence should decrease risk of relapse, improve outcome and lessen costs. Here we review recent qualitative and quantitative work in this area... - International Psychogeriatric Association consensus statement on defining and measuring treatment benefits in dementiaCornelius Katona
Old Age Taskforce, World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, Kent Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Int Psychogeriatr 19:345-54. 2007..The growth in the older population across the world, and their potential for increasing political empowerment may lead to a radical re-evaluation of the economics of treatment in dementia... - A qualitative study of the views of residents with dementia, their relatives and staff about work practice in long-term care settingsGeorgina Train
Royal Free and University College Medical School, Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, Archway Campus, Holborn Union Building, Highgate Hill, London N19 5NL, UK
Int Psychogeriatr 17:237-51. 2005..The long-stay hospital may not be appropriate as a "home for life" for those with dementia, and we recommend that long-stay care settings should be able to cater flexibly for a range of resident needs... - The effectiveness of problem-based learning compared to traditional teaching in undergraduate psychiatryMonica McParland
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College London, 48 Riding House Street, London W1N 8AA, UK
Med Educ 38:859-67. 2004..It is possible that students learned more effectively during the teaching sessions in the PBL curriculum, but did not change their preferred learning styles... - What causes problems in Alzheimer's disease: attributions by caregivers. A qualitative studyJoni Paton
Department of Mental Health Sciences/Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust, University College London, London, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:527-32. 2004..Education by clinicians should focus on the understanding of caregivers and in particular explore the caregivers' attributions of the symptoms which are present in the person for whom they care...