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Author:   Helen Lavretsky (MD, Professor of Psychiatry, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA) ,  Martha Sajatovic (MD, Professor of Psychiatry, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA) ,  Charles Reynolds, III (MD, Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, MD, Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 25.70cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 18.30cm
Weight:   1.520kg
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9780199796816

ISBN 10:   0199796815
Pages:   792
Publication Date:   04 April 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents Contributors Preface SECTION 1: Introduction to Late-Life Mood Disorders 1. A National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Perspective on Geriatric Mood Disorder Research Jovier D. Evans and George T. Niederehe 2. Research Priorities in Late Life Mood Disorders: An International Perspective Briony Dow, David Ames, Xiaoping Lin, Jean Tinney, and Betty Harambous 3. Epidemiology of Late Life Mood Disorders: Rates, Measures and Populations Patricia Marino and Jo Anne Sirey 4. Public Health Burden of Late-Life Mood Disorders Jürgen Unützer and Mijung Park 5. Late Onset Mood Disorders: ICDs and DSMs Roger Peele Section 2: Diagnosis and Comorbid Conditions 6. The Diagnosis and Treatment of Unipolar Depression in Late Life John Snowdon and Osvaldo P. Almeida 7. Bipolar Disorder Robert C. Young and Nahla A. Mahgoub 8. Non-Major Depression Ganesh Kulkarni, Ipsit V. Vahia, Thomas W. Meeks and Dilip V. Jeste 9. Anxious Depression: Application of a Unified Model of Emotional Disorders to Older Adults Andrew J. Petkus, Eric J. Lenze and Julie Loebach Wetherell 10. The Social Determinants of Depression in Older Adulthood Stephen E. Gilman, Hannah Carliner and Alex Cohen 11. Depression in Dementia Christopher M. Marano, Paul B. Rosenberg and Constantine G. Lyketsos 12. The Challenge of Suicide Prevention in Later Life Yeates Conwell and Alisa O'Riley 13. Bereavement and Complicated Grief in Older Adults Katherine M. Shear, Angela Ghesquiere and Michael S. Katzke 14. Current Issues in Informal Caregiving Research: Prevalence, Health Effects and Intervention Strategies Richard Schulz 15. Post-Stroke Depression and Vascular Depression Sarah Volk and David C. Steffens 16. Depression and Medical Illness in Late Life: Race, Resources, and Stress Briana Mezuk and Joseph J. Gallo 17. Comorbid Neurological Illness Dylan Wint and Jeffrey Cummings 18. Comorbid Substance Abuse David W. Oslin and Amy Helstrom 19. Comorbid Pain Disorders Jordan F. Karp and Jonathan McGovern 20. Bidirectional relationships between sleep, insomnia and depression Chiara Baglioni, Mathias Berger, and Dieter Riemann Section 3: Treatment and prevention 21. Use of adjunctive therapy in older depressed adults who are resistant to antidepressant treatment J. Craig Nelson 22. Psychotherapy Patricia A. Arean 23. ECT and Neuromodulation in the Treatment of Late-Life Mood Disorders William M. McDonald and Arshya Vahabzadeh 24. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Approaches for Treatment and Prevention in Late-Life Mood Disorders David Merrill, Martha Payne and Helen Lavretsky 25. Prevention of Depression in Later Life: A Developmental Perspective Aartjan T.F. Beekman, Pim Cuipers and Filip Smit 26. Depression Medication Treatment Adherence in Later Life Kara Zivin, Janet Kavanagh, Susan M. Maixner, Jo Anne Sirey and Helen C. Kales Section 4: Care Delivery Systems 27. Depression in Long-term Care Christina Hui and David L. Sultzer 28. Late Life Depression in the Primary Care Setting: Toward a Patient-Centered Future Marsha Wittink, Paul Duberstein and Jeffrey M. Lyness 29. Depression in Older Adults Receiving Hospice Care Abhilash K. Desai, Daphne T. Lo and George T. Grossberg 30. Late Life Mood Disorders and Home-based Services and Interventions Kisha N. Bazelais, Yolonda R. Pickett and Martha L. Bruce 31. Novel Platforms for Care Delivery: Internet-based Interventions and Telepsychiatry Pim Cuipers, Heleen Riper and Aartjan Beekman Section 5: Neurobiology and Biomarkers 32. Structural Neuroimaging in Late Life Mood Disorders Sean J. Colloby and John T. O'Brien 33. Molecular Neuroimaging in Late Life Mood Disorders Anand Kumar, Olusola Ajilore, Brent Forester, Jaime Deseda, Matthew Woodward and Emma Rhodes 34. Functional Neuroimaging in Late Life Mood Disorders Meenal J. Patel, Howard J. Aizenstein and Gwenn S. Smith 35. Cognitive Biomarkers in Depression Oliver J. Robinson and Barbara J. Sahakian 36. Neuropathological Markers in Late-Life Depression José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo and Grazyna Rajkowska 37. Pharmacogenetics Greer M. Murphy, Jr. 38. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Late Life Kristin L. Bigos, Robert R. Bies and Bruce G. Pollock 39. Psychoneuroimmunology of Depressive Disorders: Implications for Older Adults and Late-Life Depression Michael R. Irwin 40. The HPA Axis and Late Life Depression Keith Sudheimer, John Flournoy, Anda Gershon, Bevin Demuth, Alan Schatzberg and Ruth O'Hara 41. Clinical Prediction Models Wesley K. Thompson, Ji-in Choi and Stewart Anderson 42. Integration of Biological, Clinical and Psychosocial Predictors of Treatment Response Variability in Late-Life Depression Linda Garand, Ellen M. Whyte, Meryl A. Butters, Elizabeth R. Skidmore, Jordan F. Karp and Mary Amanda Dew 43. Conclusion Helen Lavretsky, Martha Sajatovic and Charles Reynolds III Index

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<br> The editors of this volume, themselves well-known experts in late life mood disorders, have accumulated an amazingly diverse and competent group of authors for this effort. The result is what must be for years to come the go to volume for a comprehensive and critical review of this significant public health burden for elders. An additional strength of the volume is the appropriately broad range of topics covered, from the basic neuropathology underlying late life depression and its variants to an excellent review of care systems. Therapeutic modalities are not neglected and reflect significant advances in both individual therapies and integrative models now available to practitioners. In summary, this volume is not only up to date, it is also unique in its breadth and depth. A must reference for the geriatric mental health workforce. -- Dan G. Blazer MD, PhD, JP Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center <br><p><br> As the number of people age 60 years and older triples over the next four decades, Late-Life Mood Disorders will become an essential resource not only for specialists and students, but also for general psychiatrists who will be seeing a greater number of older adults with geriatric mental disorders. The editors have brought together the leading experts in the field to provide a comprehensive, scholarly, and accessible volume that elucidates the relevant science and offers practical clinical guidance. -- Gary Small, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging; Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Division and the UCLA Longevity Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles <br><p><br> The editors, who are among the leading researchers in this field, have done an outstanding job in bringing together the leading experts in the field of late-life mood disorders. The in-depth, up-to-date chapters inc

This is an outstanding book covering an all too frequent but often unrecognized problem of late-life mood disorders. There has been enormous progress in understanding the neurobiology of these disorders and this book presents the latest information about this burgeoning research. Written and edited by internationally recognized leaders in the field, this is a welcome addition to geriatric psychiatry... This comprehensive book is an excellent guide to the current scientific knowledge about late-life mood disorders. All clinicians involved in the care of older adults should be familiar with the information it contains. Doody's Notes, June 2013

This is an outstanding book covering an all too frequent but often unrecognized problem of late-life mood disorders. There has been enormous progress in understanding the neurobiology of these disorders and this book presents the latest information about this burgeoning research. Written and edited by internationally recognized leaders in the field, this is a welcome addition to geriatric psychiatry... This comprehensive book is an excellent guide to the current scientific knowledge about late-life mood disorders. All clinicians involved in the care of older adults should be familiar with the information it contains. Doody's Notes, June 2013 ...its scope and breadth of topics covered are remarkable. It has the potential to be a core resource for all old age psychiatrists. British Journal of Psychology

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"Dr. Helen Lavretsky is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, a geriatric psychiatrist with the research interest in geriatric depression and caregiver stress, as well as complementary and alternative medicine and mind-body approaches to treatment and prevention of disorders in older adults. She is a recipient of the two Career Development awards from NIMH and other prestigious research awards. Her current research include clinical and translational studies of geriatric depression and caregiver stress, as well as complementary and alternative interventions for stress reduction in older adults. Dr. Sajatovic is Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a researcher, educator, and clinician who has devoted herself to the study and treatment of traditionally hard-to treat populations with serious mental illness. Dr. Sajatovic is Director of Geropsychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) and holds the Willard Brown Chair in Neurological Outcomes at UHCMC/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Charles F. Reynolds III, M.D. is the UPMC Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry; and professor of neurology and neuroscience; Senior Associate Dean University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and professor of behavioral and community health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Scientist Award and a MERIT award for studies of ""Maintenance Therapies in Late Life Depression,"" Dr. Reynolds has twice been named one of The Best Doctors in America and has received the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill."

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