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

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