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"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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Author:   Gail M. Williamson ,  David R. Shaffer ,  Patricia A. Parmelee
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.736kg
ISBN:  

9781475773774

ISBN 10:   1475773773
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   17 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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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.

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