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Section 1: Sociodemographic changes and settings for terminal care

(1.1) Section 1: Sociodemographic changes and settings for terminal care

(1.2) Sociodemographic changes

(1.3) Settings for terminal care

(1.4) Settings for terminal care

(1.5) Disease type

(1.6) Reflection

(1.7) Reflection: model answer

(1.8) Section 1: Recap

(1.9) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Psychiatric diagnoses – Prevalence, aetiology and recognition

(2.1) Section 2: Psychiatric diagnoses – Prevalence, aetiology and recognition

(2.2) Depression: Reflection

(2.3) Depression

(2.4) Diagnosis of depression

(2.5) Endicott criteria

(2.6) Delirium

(2.7) Delirium

(2.8) Delirium

(2.9) Diagnosis of delirium

(2.10) Adjustment

(2.11) Adjustment

(2.12) Anxiety and panic

(2.13) Anxiety and panic

(2.14) Post traumatic stress disorder

(2.15) Dementia

(2.16) Reflection: model answer

(2.17) Section 2: Recap

(2.18) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Management strategies

(3.1) Section 3: Management strategies

(3.2) Physical management

(3.3) Psychological management

(3.4) Psychological management

(3.5) Social and environmental management

(3.6) Section 3: Recap

(3.7) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Psychopharmacology

(4.1) Section 4: Psychopharmacology

(4.2) Antidepressants and mood stabilisers

(4.3) Anxiolytics

(4.4) Antipsychotics

(4.5) Other pharmacological sedation strategies

(4.6) Psychostimulants

(4.7) Psychostimulants

(4.8) Section 4: Recap

(4.9) Section 4: Summary

 

Section 5: Some particular medical prescribing issues

(5.1) Section 5: Some particular medical prescribing issues

(5.2) Opiates

(5.3) Corticosteroids

(5.4) Corticosteroids

(5.5) Section 5: Recap

(5.6) Section 5: Summary

 

Section 6: Psychodynamic and psychological processes

(6.1) Section 6: Psychodynamic and psychological processes

(6.2) Psychological states

(6.3) Psychodynamics

(6.4) Psychodynamics

(6.5) Psychodynamics

(6.6) Spiritual and religious beliefs

(6.7) Care of the family

(6.8) Care of the family

(6.9) Section 6: Recap

(6.10) Section 6: Summary

 

Appendix: Legal concerns

(7.1) Appendix: Legal concerns

(7.2) Advance statements

(7.3) Legal concerns

(7.4) Legal concerns

(7.5) Case vignette

(7.6) Case vignette

(7.7) Living wills

(7.8) Appendix: Recap

(7.9) Appendix: Summary

 

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