Paul Valent

MBBS, DPM, FRANZCP
Consultant liaison psychiatrist, psychotherapist, traumatologist,
Co-founder and past president Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies,
Writer.

Illness, Loss, Depression in Older People and Their Management. Talk Alfred Hospital

Principles of management of depressed hospital patients are: recognition and exploration of their state; non-specific treatment eg kindness; symptomatic treatment eg drugs for sleeplessness ; and specific treatment eg facilitating grief.
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Publication Author: Paul Valent Publication Date: August 2011 Categories: Dying, bereavement