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Substance use and addiction is an increasing problem amongst older people. The identification of this problem is often more difficult in older patients and is frequently missed, particularly in the primary care context and in emergency departments, but also in a range of medical and psychiatric specialties. Substance Use and Older People shows how to recognise and treat substance problems in older patients. However, it goes well beyond assessment and diagnosis by incorporating up-to-date evidence on the management of those older people who are presenting with chronic complex disorders, which result from the problematic use of alcohol, inappropriate prescribed or over the counter medications, tobacco, or other drugs. It also examines a variety of biological and psychosocial approaches to the understanding of these issues in the older population and offers recommendations for policy. Substance Use and Older People is a valuable resource for geriatricians, old age psychiatrists, addiction psychiatrists, primary care physicians, and gerontologists as well as policy makers, researchers, and educators. It is also relevant for residents and fellows training in geriatrics or geri-psychiatry, general practitioners and nursing home physicians.
Substance Use and Older People; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; Section 1 Legal and ethical aspects of care for older people with substance misuse; Chapter 1 Negotiating capacity and consent in substance misuse; Introduction; Substance abuse and capacity; Mental capacity legislation; Mental Capacity Act 2005; Capacity assessment; Capacity and unwise decisions; Consent, barriers to decision making and substituted decision making; Best interest decisions; Independent decision makers; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Elder abuse; Introduction.
Defining elder abuseMain reviews; Alcohol and substance misuse risk factors; Risk factors among older people; The effects of elder abuse; Discussion; Conclusions and next steps; References; Chapter 3 The United States perspective; The ageing of the baby boomers and its impact on substance abuse; Ethical and legal aspects of substance misuse in older adults; Confidentiality; Informed consent; Capacity; Coercion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 The European perspective; Introduction; Use and possession; Crime; European Convention of Human Rights.
Delivering services for the elderly with substance misuse -- ethical aspectsResearch and development; Policy making; Some differences between Europe and the USA; Ethical issues regarding treatment; Stigma; Underprescribing controlled drugs; Summary; References; Chapter 5 Clinical medicine and substance misuse: research, assessments and treatment; Introduction; Why is clinical medicine important?; Identification; The health effects of substance abuse; Challenges for the future; Research; Identification tools; Training and support; Conclusions; References; Section 2 Epidemiology and demography.
Chapter 6 Cigarette smoking among adults aged 45 and older in theUnited States, 2002-2011Introduction; Evaluation methodology; Results; Sociodemographic characteristics of older adults: 2002 versus 2011; National trend in current smoking prevalence: 2002-2011; Current smoking prevalence by socioeconomic status: 2002 versus 2011; Adjusted odds ratios of correlates of current smoking: 2002 versus 2011; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Epidemiology and demography of alcohol and the older person; Introduction; Main reviews; Epidemiological estimates of prevalence of alcohol use.
Estimates of alcohol problems based on amount of drinkingImportance of threshold selection for defining problem use; Estimating problem use from survey samples; Summary of epidemiological estimates; Specific problematic drinking behaviours: binge drinking; Diagnoses of abuse or dependence; Older substance abuse treatment populations; Special populations of older substance users; Demographic correlates of problem use; Discussion; Conclusions and next steps; References; Chapter 8 Epidemiology and demography of illicit drug use and drug use disorders among adults aged 50 and older; Introduction.
edited by Ilana Crome, Li-Tzy Wu, Rahul (Tony) Rao, Peter Crome.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014