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Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults

A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Gail M. Williamson

    1. University of Georgia, Athens

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  2. David R. Shaffer

    1. University of Georgia, Athens

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  3. Patricia A. Parmelee

    1. Genesis Health Ventures, Kennett Square

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  • Synthesizes a carefully selected portion of the knowledge about physical illness and depression that has emerged during the past twenty years

Part of the book series: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology (SSSC)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults

    1. Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults

      • David R. Shaffer
      Pages 1-8

  3. Risk Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Depression and Disability

      • Martha L. Bruce
      Pages 11-29

    3. Vascular Disease and Depression

      • Jeffrey M. Lyness, Eric D. Caine
      Pages 31-49

    4. Pain, Functional Disability, and Depressed Affect

      • Gail M. Williamson
      Pages 51-64

    5. The Role of Everyday Events in Depressive Symptoms for Older Adults

      • Alex J. Zautra, Amy S. Schultz, John W. Reich
      Pages 65-91

    6. Caregiving and Detrimental Mental and Physical Health Outcomes

      • Jamila Bookwala, Jennifer L. Yee, Richard Schulz
      Pages 93-131

  4. Conditioning Variables and Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Depression, Immune Function, and Health in Older Adults

      • Katherine L. Applegate, Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser, Ronald Glaser
      Pages 135-145

    3. Quality of Life, Depression, and End-of-Life Attitudes and Behaviors

      • M. Powell Lawton
      Pages 147-171

    4. The Activity Restriction Model of Depressed Affect

      • Gail M. Williamson, David R. Shaffer
      Pages 173-200

    5. We Should Measure Change-and Here’s How

      • Charles E. Lance, Adam W. Meade, Gail M. Williamson
      Pages 201-235

  5. Diagnosis and Treatment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Depression and Physical Illness in Older Primary Care Patients

      • Herbert C. Schulberg, Richard Schulz, Mark D. Miller, Bruce Rollman
      Pages 239-256

    3. The Relationship of Major Depressive Disorder to Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Myron F. Weiner, Ramesh Sairam
      Pages 257-275

    4. Pharmacotherapy of Geriatric Depression

      • Charles F. Reynolds III, Mark D. Miller, Benoit H. Mulsant, Mary Amanda Dew, Bruce G. Pollock
      Pages 277-294

    5. A Hope-based Group Treatment for Depressed Older Adult Outpatients

      • Ellen J. Klausner, C.R. Snyder, Jen Cheavens
      Pages 295-310

    6. Complex Unity and Tolerable Uncertainty

      • Barry Gurland, Sidny Katz, Zachary M. Pine
      Pages 311-330

  6. Summary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 331-331
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Georgia, Athens

    Gail M. Williamson, David R. Shaffer

  • Genesis Health Ventures, Kennett Square

    Patricia A. Parmelee

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