Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults

1. Front Matter

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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.

• Alzheimer
• comorbidity
• depression
• diagnosis
• geriatrics
• physical health

• University of Georgia, Athens

  Gail M. Williamson, David R. Shaffer

• Genesis Health Ventures, Kennett Square

  Patricia A. Parmelee

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