Description |
xvii, 333 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Medical psychiatry ; 23 |
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Medical psychiatry ; 23
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Series Introduction -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- -- Part I Overview and Common Manifestations -- 1. Epidemiology of Late-Life Depression -- Dale A. D'Mello -- 2. Barriers to the Safe and Effective Treatment of Late-Life -- Depression -- Helen H. Kyomen and Gary L. Gottlieb -- 3. Diagnosing Depression in Later Life -- Janet Lawrence, Donald Davidoff and Yosef Berlow -- 4. Geriatric Nonmajor Depressive Syndromes: Dysthymia, -- Subsyndromal Depression, and Other Nonmajor -- Depressive Disorders in the Elderly -- Jennifer L. Woehr and Martin Goldstein -- -- -- -- 5. Bereavement and Depression in Late Life -- Kelly Harless and Sidney Zisook -- 6. Depression and Medical Illness -- Abi V. Rayner and James G. O'Brien -- 7. Vascular Depression -- P. Murali Doraiswamy and Yvette Sheline -- 8. Caregiver Depression -- Fred Silverstone and Nava Vogel -- -- Part II Therapeutic Interventions and Outcomes -- 9. Pharmacotherapy of Late-Life Depression: Review -- and Recommendations -- James M. Ellison, E. Yusuf Sivrioglu, Sumer Verma, -- and Noah M. Meyers -- 10. Barriers and Solutions to Medication Adherence -- Rein Tideiksaar -- 11. Electroconvulsive Therapy for the Treatment of Late-Life -- Depression -- Stephen Seiner and Michael E. Henry -- 12. Psychotherapy with Depressed Older Adults -- Francesca Cannavo Antognini -- 13. Late-Life Suicide -- Ashok J. Bharucha -- 14. Factors Affecting Long-Term Prognosis and Maintenance -- Treatment Outcomes -- Noah M. Meyers and Charles F. Reynolds III -- Index |
Summary |
Exploring the causes, manifestations, and consequences of late life depression, this authoritative reference examines current treatments and approaches for the management of this condition--highlighting methods for the recognition of depression in the medically ill, clinically demented, and bereaved, as well as for assessment of the efficacy of these treatments |
Analysis |
Depression in old age |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Depressions -- Aged
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Geriatric psychiatry.
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Depression, Mental.
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Depression in old age.
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Depression -- physiopathology.
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Depression -- therapy.
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Aged.
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Geriatric Psychiatry -- methods.
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Depression.
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Aged.
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Author |
Ellison, James M., 1952-
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Verma, Sumer.
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LC no. |
2004266118 |
ISBN |
082474246X |
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