Faculty of the Psychiatry of Old Age: Professionals

This Section is primarily for old age psychiatry professionals wherever they live. You will be able to see information on old age psychiatry of interest to you with a United Kingdom bias. All the issues of the Faculty magazine 'Old Age Psychiatrist' are available to download free of charge as is the complete text of the College book 'Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry'. There are other items of interest which will be updated from time to time. We hope you find this site useful. If you have any comments please e-mail the Faculty web content editor Dr.A.Ramakrishnan

Latest updates

• LONDON, September 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisai Limited, the licence holder of Aricept(R) (donepezil hydrochloride) and Pfizer Limited, its co-promotion partner, announced today that Eisai has applied to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal the recent High Court ruling on the process by which the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) reached its decision to ban anti dementia medicines for NHS patients with newly diagnosed mild Alzheimer's disease.
• Anger as NICE says no to Alzheimer’s appeal
• Raising the Standard: August 2006

  a new report from the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, reviews the components of a specialist service for older people with mental illness

• Treatment of Alzheimer's disease - appeal to NICE 15/06/06
• Sharing Information between doctors, patients and carers - September 2005  
  A brief guide for patients and their carers in older people's mental health services
• Services for younger people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias    

Main sections

• Books for Old Age Psychiatry
  Relevant publications from the Gaskell Press, available to buy online.
• Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry
  The College's textbook, available to buy online.
• NICE Guidelines for mental health (CD ROM)
• College conference diary
  Forthcoming events
• Day Hospital Network
• Faculty & College policies
• Events Calendar
  Events of interest to members which are not organised by the Faculty
• Faculty Meeting Calendar
  Faculty events for the next year and beyond
• Guide to UK Legislation
• Webguide
  A selection of reviewed internet resources for old age psychiatry.