Assessing and treating late-life depression
Subtitle: a casebook and resource guide
By: Michele J. Karel, Suzann Ogland-Hand, and Margaret Gatz ; with Jürgen Unützer
Contributors: Ogland-Hand, Suzann; Gatz, Margaret; Unützer, Jürgen
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Depression in old age
Description: Late-life depression can be addressed. This practice-oriented, research-based casebook draws on the authors' extensive clinical and academic experience to provide an essential resource for practitioners and researchers. Not only is depression among the elderly treatable but, given its increase in incidence and a rapidly aging population, it is a critical issue for the mental-health and medical communities. The authors review the range of late-life depressive syndromes and the strategies for assessing and treating them, and illustrate the problems and principles with fourteen extended case studies-rare in the geropsychology literature and the core of the book. They also provide a guide to medications, screening tools, innovative models, and supplementary resources, invaluable tools for mental-health professionals and medical practitioners alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234) and index