Managing Depression, Growing Older

A guide for professionals and carers
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-52151-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 323 g

Awarded the book prize for 2012 by the Australasian Journal on Ageing!

Even when he’s grey around the muzzle, the black dog of depression can still deliver a ferocious bite. Depression can strike at any age, and it may appear for the first time as we get older, as a result of life circumstances or our genetic makeup. While older people face the same kinds of mental health issues as younger people, they can find it more difficult to deal with them owing to the stressors which accumulate with age. There is also a high incidence of undiagnosed depression in older age, presenting extra challenges for carers.

Managing Depression Growing Older offers a systematic guide to identifying depression in older people, supporting them at home or in an aged care setting, and the importance of diet, exercise and attitude in recovery. It is essential reading for anyone who works with the elderly.

Zielgruppe

General, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eyers, Kerrie

Parker, Gordon

Brodaty, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. And Now we are Sixty-Five. On Growing Older. Untreated Depression in Older Age. Reaching a Diagnosis. A Structured Assessment for Depression. Melancholic and Non-Melancholic Depression. Late Onset: Depression Specific to Ageing.Therapies and the Role of the Therapist. Ageing and Coping with Care.On Managing Severe Depression. Ageing and Self-Efficacy. Caring for the Carers. Appendix I. Risk Factors for Self-Harm. Appendix II. Further Information for Older People and Carers. Appendix III. Clinician Contributors’ Short Biographies.

Über Autor(innen)

Kerrie Eyers is a psychologist, teacher and editor with many years' experience in mental health, based at the Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia.

Gordon Parker is Scientia Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales and Executive Director of the Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia. He is a renowned researcher with over 30 years' experience with mood disorders.

Henry Brodaty is Professor of Psychogeriatrics at the University of New South Wales and Director of hte Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry at the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry Hospitals.