Kerrie Eyers, Gordon Parker (University of New Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, Henry Brodaty

Managing Depression, Growing Older

A guide for professionals and carers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Awarded the book prize for 2012 by the Australasian Journal on Ageing!This book offers a systematic guide to depression in older people at home or in aged care settings. It is essential reading for anyone who works with the elderly.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9780415521512
• ISBN-10: 0415521513
• Artikelnr.: 35279342

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.