Schizophrenia in late life : aging effects on symptoms and course of illness - Harvey, Philip D., 1956- (Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2005)
Background -- Aging in healthy individuals -- Clinical features and course of schizophrenia in late life -- Cognition and function in older patients with schizophrenia -- Other features of schizophrenia in late life -- Late onset schizophrenia -- Dementia and schizophrenia: similarities and differences -- Institutions and institutional care for older patients with schizophrenia -- Previous treatments for schizophrenia: efficacy and adverse effects -- Recent developments in pharmacological treatments -- Behavioral treatments for schizophrenia -- Late life schizophrenia in the new millennium
Keywords: Schizophrenia in old age; Older people -- Mental health; Geriatric psychiatry