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Table of Contents:

Contributors
1 Introduction: Research Themes in Geriatric Psychiatry 3
2 Funding Research Structures 17
3 A Survey of Geriatric Psychiatric Research in the USA 27
4 Alzheimer's Disease: A Conceptual History 39
5 Screening Scales for Dementia: Towards Reconciliation of Conflicting Cross-cultural Findings 57
6 The Role of Two Major Cholinergic Systems in Memory Acquisition and Retention 71
7 Changes in Survival in Demented Hospital Inpatients 1957-1987 85
8 Death in Dementia
Causes of Death in Dementia 95
A Study of Causes of Death in Dementia Patients and their Spouses 101
9 The Nature of Wandering in Dementia: A Community-based Study 115
10 Non-neuroleptic Medications in the Management of Agitation in Dementia: A Selective Review 127
11 A Behavioral Microanalysis of the Effects of Haloperidol and Oxazepam in Demented Psychogeriatric Inpatients 153
12 Does a Mirror Deter Wandering in Demented Older People? 169
13 Issues in the Assessment of Outcome in Depressive Illness in the Elderly 177
14 Depression in Geriatric Patients with Chronic Medical Illness 191
15 Occult Subcortical Magnetic Resonance Findings in Elderly Depressives 201
16 The Potential Use of Adjunctive Intra-erythrocyte (RBC) Lithium Levels in Detecting Serious Impending Neurotoxicity in the Elderly: Two Case Reports 207
17 Mania in Old Age: A First Prospective Study 217
18 Late-life Psychosis 231
19 Epidemiological Studies of Depression among the Elderly in Residential and Nursing Homes 247
20 The Domus Philosophy: A Comparative Evaluation of Residential Care for the Demented Elderly 259
21 Evaluation of Long-term Care for Dementing Elderly: A Comparative Study 275
22 Religious Coping and Personality in Later Life 291
23 Patterns of Hearing Loss and Psychiatric Morbidity in Elderly Patients Attending a Hearing Clinic 305
Index 315