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A description of pre-diagnostic counselling and disclosure of diagnosis in people assessed for dementia
Author(s)	Caroline Williams
Journal title	PSIGE Newsletter, no 81, November 2002
Publisher	Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, November 2002
Pages	pp 36-39
Keywords	Dementia ; Advisory services [elderly] ; Communication ; Diagnosis ; Evaluation.
Annotation	People with memory difficulties are referred to older people psychiatry services via a number of different referral routes. Whatever the route taken, the assessor offers clients some pre-diagnostic counselling. This paper covers the practices relating to the diagnostic assessment, but it is not intended to be prescriptive about the procedures. It outlines: consent to referral for assessment (either by GPs or a memory screening service); preliminary procedures at the first neuropsychology appointment; obtaining informed consent; observations during the assessment; and feedback of the results. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-021216211 A
Classmark	EA: IT: U: LK7: 4C
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