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| Anxiety and sleep disorders in the elderly | | Author(s) | Bruno Gribomont |
| Corporate Author | Royal Society of Medicine |
| Publisher | Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, 1997 |
| Pages | 46 pp (Round Table series 52) |
| Source | Royal Society of Medicine Press, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1M 8AE. |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Sleep disorders ; Therapeutics ; Drugs ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | This book contains the proceedings of the European CNS Advisory Board Fifth Plenary Meeting held in Evian, France, 26 April 1997. The aim of the meeting was to clarify the different aspects of anxiety and sleep disorders in older people. In the first paper, work on sleep disorders and anxiety not usually reported in the literature is examined. The author looks at the behaviour and relationship of the patient with the physician, and discusses the social aspects and fears associated with these conditions. The second paper examined the organic determinants as opposed to the social determinants of anxiety in older people, and outlines the major medical, neuropsychiatric and drug-related causes of anxiety symptoms. The clinical picture and the aetiological factors of anxiety in older people are described, and a model for treatment is provided in the third paper. The final paper presents a summary of the approaches to treatment and management of sleep disorders, and discusses the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations of drugs in older people. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980407238 B |
| Classmark | ENP: CTS: LL: LLD: 6M |
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