Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice

Aging is inevitable-A "psychological recession" is not . . . As I go about my daily life, I read and hear about the sometimes scary things that are happening to other people. As the saying goes, bad news sells newspapers. But I u- ally can take some solace in reasoning that this bad stuff...

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Other Authors: Williamson, Gail M. (Editor), Shaffer, David R. (Editor), Parmelee, Patricia A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults
  • Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults
  • Risk Factors
  • Depression and Disability
  • Vascular Disease and Depression
  • Pain, Functional Disability, and Depressed Affect
  • The Role of Everyday Events in Depressive Symptoms for Older Adults
  • Caregiving and Detrimental Mental and Physical Health Outcomes
  • Conditioning Variables and Outcomes
  • Depression, Immune Function, and Health in Older Adults
  • Quality of Life, Depression, and End-of-Life Attitudes and Behaviors
  • The Activity Restriction Model of Depressed Affect
  • We Should Measure Change-and Here’s How
  • Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Depression and Physical Illness in Older Primary Care Patients
  • The Relationship of Major Depressive Disorder to Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Pharmacotherapy of Geriatric Depression
  • A Hope-based Group Treatment for Depressed Older Adult Outpatients
  • Complex Unity and Tolerable Uncertainty
  • Summary
  • Physical lllness and Depression in Elderly Adults