Author Description

"Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age and National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville and consultant psychiatrist for Royal Melbourne, St George's and Epworth Camberwell Hospitals, all in Melbourne. David Ames is an experienced old age psychiatrist who has worked both clinically and academically in the field for 31 years. He has edited/written over 20 books, over 250 peer reviewed research papers and led the first edition of this book. is an old age psychiatrist in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada and assistant professor with the University of Toronto. His clinical and research interests include the neurobiology of depression in later life and associated cognitive dysfunction. In his work he has explored modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and is now engaged in interventional studies to improve treatment outcomes for older adults with behavioural and neurocognitive disorders in later life. Samantha Loi is an old age psychiatrist working at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia in the Neuropsychiatry Unit since 2015. She is also a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age and recently received her PhD qualification. She has extensive clinical experience and her research interests include carer well-being and the use of modern technology to improve quality of life of older adults. Intermediate Clinical Fellow at the Centre for Dementia Prevention and Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, both at the University of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist for NHS Lothian"--