Suicide and Depression in Late Life

Critical Issues in Treatment, Research and Public Policy

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

1996
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-12913-4 (ISBN)

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This book examines the critical issues in understanding and treating depression and suicidal behavior in late life. Chapters cover the biology, psychology, epidemiology, and sociology of depression and suicidal behavior in late life.

Gary J. Kennedy is the author of Suicide and Depression in Late Life: Critical Issues in Treatment, Research and Public Policy, published by Wiley.

CRITICAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL SCIENCE.

Epidemiology and Inferences Regarding the Etiology of Late-LifeSuicide (G. Kennedy, et al.).

The Epidemiology of Late-Life Depression (G. Kennedy).

Biological Commonalties Among Aging, Depression, and SuicidalBehavior (L. Schneider).

Suicide Among Ethnic Elders (F. Baker).

THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES.

Clinical Measurement of Suicidality and Coping in Late Life: ATheory of Countervailing Forces (R. Plutchik, et al.).

Psychotherapeutic Approaches to the Depressed and Suicidal OlderPerson and Family (J. Richman).

Biological Treatment of Severe Late-Life Depression:Pharmacotherapy and Electroconvulsive Therapy (D. Hay & L.Hay).

A Brief Antidepressant Prescribing Guide for the Generalist (G.Kennedy).

TOWARD A MORE INFORMED PUBLIC POLICY.

Death, Dying, and Assisted Suicide (R. Coomaraswamy).

The Emerging Agenda for Prevention Through Research and PublicPolicy (G. Kennedy).

Indexes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.3.1996
Reihe/Serie	Publication Series of the Einstein-Montefiore Medical Center Department ofPsychiatry
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 236 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-471-12913-5 / 0471129135
ISBN-13	978-0-471-12913-4 / 9780471129134
Zustand	Neuware