Depression in Elderly People - Pocketbook

ISBN-13: 9781853172458 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 80 str.

Ken Wilson

Opis

Part of a series of pocket-sized books that set out to provide easily assimilable information on diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions. This volume looks at depression in the elderly, covering such topics as aetiology and risk factors, clinical presentation and prognosis.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Epidemiology and classification of depression 3. Aetiology 4. Clinical presentation of depression in the elderly 5. Assessment of the depressed patient 6. Prognosis 7. Physical treatments for depression 8. Psychological treatments for depression 9. The role of the multidisciplinary team 10. Bibliography

O autorze

Robert Hammond