基本説明
Previous edition: 2003.
Full Description
Mood Disorders in Later Life examines the spectrum of mood disorders in older adults, focusing on major and nonmajor depressive disorders, bipolar disorder (manic and depressive phases), depression with psychotic features, and vascular depression. In depth discussions of diagnosis and treatment options including psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and ECT will help clinicians improve treatment outcomes in their elderly patients.
This Second Edition, an update and expansion of the 2003 Depression in Later Life, includes many additional topics including discussion of the epidemiology of late life mood disorders, the diagnosis and treatment of late life bipolar disorder, use of non-ECT neurotherapeutic approaches, and the importance of open access to the full range of treatments.
This comprehensive, single-source reference is ideal for all psychiatrists, neurologists, and primary care physicians and advanced practice nurses treating older adults.
Additional topics include:
overcoming barriers to treatment
cross-cultural issues
the neurobiology of late life mood disorders
medical comorbidity
drug interactions
prevention of later life suicide
maintenance therapies
Contents
Preface. 1. Diagnosing Depression in Later Life. 2. Geriatric Non-Major Depressive Syndromes. 3. The Epidemiology of Major Depression in Geriatric Populations. 4. Bipolar Disorder in Later Life. 5. Barriers to the Safe and Effective Treatment of Mood Disorders. 6. Economic Burden of Late Life Depression: Cost of Illness, Cost of Treatment, and Cost of Control Policies. 7. Late Life Suicide. 8. Neurobiological Aspects of Late Life Mood Disorders. 9. The Interface between Depression and Dementia. 10. The Vascular Depression Concept and Its Implications. 11. Mood Disorders and Medical Illness in the Elderly. 12. Substance Use Disorders and Late Life Depression. 13. Barriers to Psychiatric Treatment for the Geriatric Patient: Cultural Issues. 14. Bereavement In Later Life. 15. Pharmacotherapy of Late Life Depression-Evidence Based Recommendations. 16. Electroconvulsive Therapy and Neurotherapeutic Treatments for Late Life Depression: Evidence Based Recommendations. 17. Psychotherapy for Late Life Mood Disorders. 18. Barriers to Treatment. 19. Late-Life Depression and Bipolar Disorders, Facts Affecting Long-Term Prognosis and Maintenance Treatment Outcomes.
