scholarly journals Psychogeriatric training for senior registrars in geriatric medicine

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duncan R. Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

Since the late 1960s the number of psychiatrists choosing to specialise in old age psychiatry has increased dramatically (Wattis, 1988) and in 1989 the Royal College of Psychiatrists recognised the specialty's status. Recent recommendations of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Psychiatrists (Report of a Joint Working Party of the Royal Colleges, 1989) have considerable implications for the continued development of cooperation between psychogeriatricians and geriatricians and for senior registrar (SR) training in both specialties. This study attempts to describe the availability of and attitudes towards training in psychogeriatrics (PG) of geriatric SRs.

scholarly journals Physical illness associated with depression in the elderly in community based and hospital patients

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 612-613
Author(s):  
Stephen Dover ◽  
Christopher McWilliam
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Registrar Training

The co-existence of physical and psychiatric illness in so much of the elderly population poses diagnostic and therapeutic problems for psychiatrists, geriatricians and general practitioners alike, with the presence of physical illness strongly influencing and sometimes limiting the options for treatment of the psychiatric illness. Recognition of this has resulted in the Section of Old Age Psychiatry of the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommending that senior registrar training in old age psychiatry should include a one month attachment to an approved geriatric medicine unit.

scholarly journals Reciprocal training in old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine in South Gwent

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 421-422
Author(s):  
Karl Rice ◽  
Eamon Mulkerrin
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Care Of Elderly

Skill in physical medicine is an often neglected area in psychiatric training. It is nonetheless very important, particularly in the care of the elderly. The need for reciprocal training in geriatric medicine and old age psychiatry was highlighted in Care of Elderly People with Mental Illness (1989), the Joint Report of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists on services for the elderly and medical training. It recommends that, “Higher professional training for specialisation in the psychiatry of old age should include at least two months experience in geriatric medicine”, and suggests that this previously optional experience should become an obligatory part of specialist training. It indicates the alternative ways of gaining such experience: a short secondment, a weekly sessional commitment or a direct exchange of posts.

scholarly journals Senior registrar training in the psychiatry of old age in Scotland

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 612-613
Author(s):  
Brian R. Ballinger ◽  
Jenny Eastwood ◽  
Grace Hodge ◽  
Ronald McIlwaine ◽  
Paul Morrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
Registrar Training

The psychiatry of old age has come to occupy an increasingly prominent role in psychiatry, because of demographic trends, and also because of service developments. About a third of referrals to most psychiatric services are for the over-65s and a high proportion of beds are occupied by this age group. Recently the training recommendations for senior registrars in the psychiatry of old age have been revised and clarified (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989) and old age psychiatry is now recognised as a specialty within psychiatry. Nevertheless there is continued concern about the training opportunities available in this field (Wattis, 1988), reports of difficulties in filling consultant posts, and evidence that the present guidelines for consultant staffing levels are inadequate (Ballinger et al, 1989). It has recently been recommended that one-third of senior registrar posts in general and old age psychiatry should be assigned to the psychiatry of old age (Sims, 1990).

The ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Stratford
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Body Experience ◽  
Out Of Body Experience ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

Mention an ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’ to colleagues and the result is often a somewhat bemused expression or some reference to the not-too-dissimilar-sounding, ‘Out-of-body-experience’. This has been the response on almost every occasion I have mentioned this, the official title for the 12 months I recently spent working as a senior registrar in old age psychiatry in Melbourne, Australia.

scholarly journals Old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine admissions and elderly suicide rates in England

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Shah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Elderly Suicide ◽  
Almost All

Almost all elderly suicide victims have mental illness, and up to 90% have depression (Shah and De, 1998). A significant number of elderly suicide victims in Western countries consult their general practitioner or psychiatrist or contact mental health services between one week and six months prior to the suicide (Catell, 1988; Conwell et al., 1990; 1991; Catell and Jolley, 1995; Vassilas and Morgan, 1993; 1994). This offers an opportunity for identification and treatment of the mental illness. Thus, the availability of appropriate healthcare services may be an important factor associated with elderly suicide rates.

scholarly journals The ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (03) ◽  
pp. 112-114
Author(s):  
Joe Stratford
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Body Experience ◽  
Out Of Body Experience ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

Mention an ‘Out-of-Programme Experience’ to colleagues and the result is often a somewhat bemused expression or some reference to the not-too-dissimilar-sounding, ‘Out-of-body-experience’. This has been the response on almost every occasion I have mentioned this, the official title for the 12 months I recently spent working as a senior registrar in old age psychiatry in Melbourne, Australia.

scholarly journals Senior Registrar Training in Alcoholism and Drug Dependence: Summary of a Report by a Working Party of the Dependence/Addiction Group

1984 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-6 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Drug Dependence ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Senior Registrar ◽  
Medical Manpower ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Registrar Training ◽  
Review Current

The working party was set up in November 1981 to review current senior registrar training in alcoholism and drug dependence, and to make recommendations for the future. It sought the views of all known consultants in alcoholism and drug dependence, and their present and past senior registrars. Attention to this question is justified for the following reasons. First, the Manpower Working Party's report, Medical Manpower in the Psychiatric Specialties (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982), has recommended that the average District (i.e. a population of 200,000) should allocate about four consultant sessions to the ‘dependencies', such sessions being provided by general psychiatrists with a special interest in alcohol or drug dependence or both. Secondly, appropriately trained applicants are needed for vacancies which occur in the existing regional and sub-regional alcoholism treatment units and drug dependence clinics. Thirdly, the Treatment and Rehabilitation Working Group of the government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is likely to recommend an increase in the number of consultants specializing in drug dependence.

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