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Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults
A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice

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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.

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Assisted by David R Shaffer (Editor), Gail M. Williamson (Editor), Patricia A. Parmelee (Editor), David R. Shaffer (Editor), Davi R Shaffer (Editor), Patricia A Parmelee (Editor)
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 17.10.2013
Subject Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology
Humanities, art, music > Psychology
 
EAN 9781475773774
ISBN 978-1-4757-7377-4
Pages 370
Illustrations XIV, 370 p.
Dimensions (packing) 17.8 x 2.1 x 25.4 cm
Weight (packing) 728 g
 
Series The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology
The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology
The Springer Series in Social/Clinical Psychology
 

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