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Title Depression in later life : a multidisciplinary psychiatric approach / edited by James M. Ellison, Sumer Verma
Published New York, NY : Marcel Dekker, Inc, 2003

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Description xvii, 333 pages ; 24 cm
Series Medical psychiatry ; 23
Medical psychiatry ; 23
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
Geriatric psychiatry.
Depression, Mental.
Depression in old age.
Depression -- physiopathology.
Depression -- therapy.
Aged.
Geriatric Psychiatry -- methods.
Depression.
Aged.
Author Ellison, James M., 1952-
Verma, Sumer.
LC no. 2004266118
ISBN 082474246X