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

ISBN-13: 9780306462696 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 370 str.

Gail M. Williamson; David R. Shaffer; Patricia A. Parmelee

Opis

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 assuredly will not occur in my life. After reading this book, however, one message has gotten through I cannot d- miss "those" older people described in the various chapters as being dissimilar to me. After all, "old person" is a term that can be applied to me in a few more years. On this point, I once heard the following rhetorical question applied to the prejudice actions of the TV character Archie Bunker: "What would he say about "those" Puerto Ricans, if, on his next birthday, he knew that he would become a Puerto Rican?" As to aging, we best pay close attention because we soon will be "those" elders. This is why the alarming facts of this book-that our elders often are experiencing elevatedlevelsofphysicalillnessesanddepression grabbedmebytheproverbialthroat."

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Foreword. Preface; C.R. Snyder. 1. Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults: An Introduction; D.R. Shaffer. Part I: Risk Factors. 2. Depression and Disability; M.L. Bruce. 3. Vascular Disease and Depression: Models of the Interplay Between Psychopathology and Medical Comorbidity; J.M. Lyness, E.D. Craine. 4. Pain, Functional Disability, and Depressed Affect; G.M. Williamson. 5. The Role of Everyday Events in Depressive Symptoms for Older Adults; A.J. Zautra, et al. 6. Caregiving and Detrimental Mental and Physical Health Outcomes; J. Bookwala, et al. Part II: Conditioning Variables and Outcomes. 7. Depression, Immune Function, and Health in Older Adults; K.L. Applegate, et al. 8. Quality of Life, Depression, and End-of-Life Attitudes and Behaviors; M. Powell Lawton. 9. The Activity Restriction Model of Depressed Affect: Antecedents and Consequences of Restricted Normal Activities; G.M. Williamson, D.R. Shaffer. 10. We Should Measure Change - And Here's How; C.E. Lance, et al. Part III: Diagnosis and Treatment. 11. Depression and Physicall Illness in Older Primary Care Patients: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues; H.C. Schulberg, et al. 12. The Relationship of Major Depressive Disorder to Alzheimer's Disease; M.F. Weiner, et al. 13. Pharmacotherapy of Geriatric Depression: Taking the Long View; C.F. Reynolds, et al. 14. A Hope-Based Group Treatment for Depressed Older Adult Outpatients; E.J. Klausner, et al. 15. Complex Unity and Tolerable Uncertainly: Relationships of Physical Disorder and Depression; B. Gurland, et al. Part IV: Summary. 16. Physical Illness and Depression in Elderly Adults: A Summary with Implications for Future Directions in Research and Treatment; L.S. Miller.