G Vernon Davies: unsung pioneer of old age psychiatry in Victoria

2021 ◽  
pp. 103985622110450
Author(s):  
Brian Draper
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
Practical Advice ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Medical Missionary ◽  
The University ◽  
Park Hospital

Objective: To provide a biography of G Vernon Davies who took up a career in old age psychiatry in 1955 at the age of 67 at Mont Park Hospital in an era when there few psychiatrists working in the field. Conclusion: In the 1950s and 1960s, Vernon Davies worked as an old age psychiatrist and published papers containing sensible practical advice informed by contemporary research and experience, broadly applicable to both primary and secondary care, presented in a compassionate and empathetic manner. His clinical research in old age psychiatry resulted in the first doctoral degree in psychiatry awarded at the University of Melbourne at the age of 79. Before commencing old age psychiatry, he served in the Australian Army Medical Corps as a Regimental Medical Officer and received the Distinguished Service Order. He spent 3 years as a medical missionary in the New Hebrides before settling at Wangaratta where he worked as a physician for over 30 years. He contributed to his local community in a broad range of activities. Vernon Davies is an Australian pioneer of old age psychiatry.

Old age psychiatry in Ireland: The way forward

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colm Cooney ◽  
Margaret Kelleher
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
The Way

Clinical Guidelines in Old Age Psychiatry

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Burns ◽  
Tom Dening ◽  
Brian Lawlor
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Clinical Guidelines ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

scholarly journals Old age psychiatry

2002 ◽  
Vol 180 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Burns
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

scholarly journals Mobilizing foreign language students for multilingual crisis translation in Shanghai

Multilingua ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 587-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongyan Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Local Community ◽  
University Student ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Close Collaboration ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Student Volunteers ◽  
The University

AbstractThis paper examines the multilingual translation efforts of a group of university student volunteers during the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews of the volunteer team leader, team members, and a local community health worker. Findings identified time constraints, limited language proficiency, and limited technical knowledge as the major challenges confronting the university volunteers. In order to overcome the challenges, they worked in close collaboration and used translingual and network strategies to facilitate prompt and high-quality crisis translation. Findings suggest that foreign language university students in local universities may serve as readily available multilingual resources and can be mobilized in prompt response to the grassroots multilingual needs of the local community in times of crisis. The paper ends with implications for measures and strategies to enhance effective emergency language service and crisis communication for global multilingual cities.

scholarly journals “Breaking the silence”: Sexual victimisation in an old age psychiatry patient population in Flanders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Nobels ◽  
Ines Keygnaert ◽  
Egon Robert ◽  
Christophe Vandeviver ◽  
An Haekens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

Patient and carer participation in old age psychiatry in England. Part II: models of participation

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Mary Benbow
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Old Age ◽  
National Health ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

ABSTRACTBackground: There are a number of models of patient and carer participation. Their usefulness and applicability to old age psychiatry is considered.Methods: Models of participation are reviewed and related to examples of participation initiatives drawn from the author's work in the context of the National Health Service in the United Kingdom.Results: Models of participation which emphasize collaboration and partnership are found to be useful. Simple interventions such as copying letters to patients and/or carers can lead to change in the balance of power between staff and patients/carers. Initiatives which draw on the experiences of patients and carers can facilitate organizational learning and development. Involving patients and carers in education offers a way to influence services and the staff working in them.Conclusion: Participation is better understood as a spectrum rather than a hierarchy. Old age psychiatry services would benefit from developing greater patient and carer participation at all levels.

scholarly journals Mania in late life

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 357-364
Author(s):  
Felicity Richards ◽  
Martin Curtice
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Aging Population ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Treatment Algorithms ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Older Populations

SummaryMania in late life is a serious disorder that demands specialist assessment and management. However, it is greatly under-researched, with only a paucity of studies specifically analysing older populations. The mainstay of the old age psychiatry workload will inevitably be concerned with assessing and managing dementia and depression, but the steady rise in the aging population with longer survival means that there will be an increase in absolute numbers of older people presenting with mania. There are no specific treatment algorithms available for mania in late life. This article reviews mania and hypomania in late life and concentrates on diagnosis, assessment and treatment, as well as on the management considerations associated with this important age group.

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