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Written for patients and family members, this book deals with the toll depression takes on physical health, essentially accelerating the aging process, bringing on or worsening age-related health problems such as stroke, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's. It offers readers practical guidance for prevention and treatment.
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Preface
Introduction: Depression Is A Life And Death Matter: A Tale Of Two Sydneys
PART ONE: DEPRESSION IN LATE LIFE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT
Chapter 1: Old Age Is NOT Depressing: Truth and Fiction
Chapter 2: What Causes Depression. It's Not What You Think It Is
Chapter 3: Depression In Other Brain Diseases
Chapter 4: What's In A Name? Why Correct Diagnosis of Depression Matters
PART TWO: DEPRESSION IS BAD FOR YOU - HOW DEPRESSION CAN WRECK YOUR HEALTH AND SHORTEN YOUR LIFE.
Chapter 5: "What You don't Know Won't Hurt You" - Wrong! The More You About Depression the Healthier You Can Be
Chapter 6: When Heartache causes Heart "Ache": Depression and Heart Disease
Chapter 7: Treatment of Depression May Be a Stroke of Luck: Depression and Stroke
Chapter 8: Depression and Diabetes
Chapter 9: Breathe Easier: Depression and Chronic lung disease
Chapter 10: Depression and Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 11: Depression and Cancer
Chapter 12: Depression and Arthritis
Chapter 13: Depression and Parkinson's Disease
Chapter 14: Depression and Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 15: Depression and Pain
Chapter 16: Depression and Falling
PART THREE: HOW TO BEAT DEPRESSION TO STAY HEALTHIER AND LIVE LONGER
Chapter 17: "You Can Lead a Horse to Water...Getting a Reluctant Elder to Accept Treatment.
Chapter 18: You're Never Too Old: Treatments For Depression Work!
Chapter 19: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade: Antidepressant Medications
Chapter 20: Lifestyle Practices, Herbal Treatments, and Nutritional Supplements
Chapter 21: There is No Magic Pill: Why does Good Treatment Take So Long?
Chapter 22: The Shocking Facts About Shock Treatment
Chapter 23: Getting The Treatment You Need: Being an Educated Consumer
Bibliogaphy
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Gary S. Moak, M.D. is a past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and 2011 recipient of its clinician-of-the-year award. He is a practicing geriatric psychiatrist with over 30 years experience treating older adults with a wide range of psychiatric and behavioral problems related to diseases of aging. Dr. Moak is assistant professor of psychiatry at the Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth, where he serves as Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at the New Hampshire Hospital. In addition to his clinical work with older adults and their families, Dr. Moak is a clinical educator. He teaches medical students and doctors in training, in psychiatry and primary care medicine, about mental health and aging and the treatment of late-life mental health problems. Dr. Moak regularly speaks to audiences of older adults and members of their families about mental health and aging.
