Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Hamzeh Ganji, Hamideh Jahangiri

Psychotherapy of depression in elderly Volume 2

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Depression is a major health problem that affects many older people, causing significant distress, disability, exacerbating existing medical conditions & resulting in earlier death & higher use of services. In depressed older people, depressed mood may be less commonly reported, while somatic symptoms (loss of appetite, lack of energy, irritability, sleeplessness, worrying, aches & pains) are more prominent. Elderly depressed people are more likely to have psychotic delusions than younger people.This profile has prompted the development of a separate instrument, the Geriatric Depression Scale, to measure depression in older people. Some aetiological pathways are also different in older people: in addition to psychosocial and genetic factors, late-life depression is also associated with cerebrovascular disease & its associated risk factors (high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, increased serum lipid levels).The evidence for the effectiveness of a range of proposed treatments fordepression in older people, including medical, psychological & alternative therapies & lifestyle changes. It is hoped that the book provides useful information that will help psychologists & psychiatrists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholar's Press
• Seitenzahl: 700
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1060g
• ISBN-13: 9786138942320
• ISBN-10: 6138942329
• Artikelnr.: 60470407

Autorenporträt

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema is an American professor of psychology at Yale University. Most of her research focuses on depression. Also, her research explored how mood regulation strategies could correlate to a person's vulnerability to depression, with special focus on a construct she called rumination as well as gender differences.