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| A description of pre-diagnostic counselling and disclosure of diagnosis in people assessed for dementia | | Author(s) | Caroline Williams |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 81, November 2002 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, November 2002 |
| Pages | pp 36-39 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Advisory services [elderly] ; Communication ; Diagnosis ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | People with memory difficulties are referred to older people psychiatry services via a number of different referral routes. Whatever the route taken, the assessor offers clients some pre-diagnostic counselling. This paper covers the practices relating to the diagnostic assessment, but it is not intended to be prescriptive about the procedures. It outlines: consent to referral for assessment (either by GPs or a memory screening service); preliminary procedures at the first neuropsychology appointment; obtaining informed consent; observations during the assessment; and feedback of the results. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021216211 A |
| Classmark | EA: IT: U: LK7: 4C |
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