Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults (eBook)

A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice

Patricia A. Parmelee, David R. Shaffer, Gail M. Williamson (Herausgeber)

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2006
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-306-47178-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Aging is inevitable-A "e;psychological recession"e; 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 "e;those"e; older people described in the various chapters as being dissimilar to me. After all, "e;old person"e; 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: "e;What would he say about "e;those"e; Puerto Ricans, if, on his next birthday, he knew that he would become a Puerto Rican?"e; As to aging, we best pay close attention because we soon will be "e;those"e; elders. This is why the alarming facts of this book-that our elders often are experiencing elevatedlevelsofphysicalillnessesanddepression-grabbedmebytheproverbialthroat.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.5.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-306-47178-7 / 0306471787
• ISBN-13: 978-0-306-47178-0 / 9780306471780