Includes bibliographical references and index.

Between participation and practice : inclusive user involvement and the role of practitioners / Richard Ward with contributions from the Scottish Dementia Working Group and Lindsay River -- Social care approaches / Jill Manthorpe -- Mental health promotion in later life / Ann Crosland and Annie Wallace -- Anxiety and depression in older people / Georgina Charlesworth and Janet Carter -- Ageing and psychosis / Susan Mary Benbow ... [et al.] -- Alcohol and dual diagnosis in older people / Rahul (Tony) Rao, Rachael Buxey and Kadiatu (Kadia) Jalloh -- Memory services : psychological distress, co-morbidity and the need for flexible working : the reality of later life mental health care / Sue Watts ... [et al.] -- The Croydon memory service : using generic working to create efficiency, job satisfaction and satisfied customers / Rosalind Willis ... [et al.] -- Dementia : complex case work / Karin Terri Smith and Lorna Mackenzie -- Later life liaison services : delivering holistic care in a general hospital setting / Helen Pratt and Lorraine Burgess -- Psychological interventions for complex and enduring mood disorders in older people : struggling with a lifetime of depression / Stephen Davies -- Key messages in later life mental health care : new directions and new ambitions / John Keady and Sue Watts.