This book represents a collection of carefully selected articles published in the British Medical Journal in the last five years that systematically encompasses a variety of topics relevant to patient management in Geriatrics, Mental Health & Social Care written by highly recognized authors from different backgrounds. Among the topics covered are: fall assessment, functional assessment and prescribing in older people, investigation and management of unintentional weight loss in older adults, dementia and management of chronic pain in older adults. Mental health topics covered include: depression in older adults and its management, generalised anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar and personality disorder"