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Assessing and treating late-life depression: a casebook and resource guide

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Karel, Michele J

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Publication details: New York Basic Books 2002Description: 243; bibl.; BookFindISBN:

0465095437

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Summary: HardbackSummary: Late-life depression can be addressed. This practice-oriented, research-based casebook draws on the authors' extensive clinical and academic experience to provide an essential resource for practitioners and researchers.. Not only is depression among the elderly treatable but, given its increase in incidence and a rapidly aging population, it is a critical issue for the mental-health and medical communities. The authors review the range of late-life depressive syndromes and the strategies for assessing and treating them, and illustrate the problems and principles with fourteen extended case studies-rare in the geropsychology literature and the core of the book. They also provide a guide to medications, screening tools, innovative models, and supplementary resources, invaluable tools for mental-health professionals and medical practitioners alike.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	BEH-MHT Library Service Shelves	WT 150 KAR 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		BEH00704
Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WM 171 KAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		HOM1299

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Late-life depression can be addressed. This practice-oriented, research-based casebook draws on the authors' extensive clinical and academic experience to provide an essential resource for practitioners and researchers.. Not only is depression among the elderly treatable but, given its increase in incidence and a rapidly aging population, it is a critical issue for the mental-health and medical communities. The authors review the range of late-life depressive syndromes and the strategies for assessing and treating them, and illustrate the problems and principles with fourteen extended case studies-rare in the geropsychology literature and the core of the book. They also provide a guide to medications, screening tools, innovative models, and supplementary resources, invaluable tools for mental-health professionals and medical practitioners alike.

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