Depression is one of the most common mental health problems facing older people, and it is often unrecognised and usually under-treated. Integrated Management of Depression in the Elderly provides an entirely new approach to understanding late-life depression, by using a series of case studies with commentaries from practitioners internationally. The book covers the epidemiology, presentation and diagnosis of depression in older people and outlines current evidence for effective management drawing on recently published work. The substantive part of the book presents ten case studies of increasing complexity, each case has a commentary from a primary care clinician and a health or social care professional, to outline how professionals should work together to manage the patient within their community. Contributions from world experts give the book an international appeal. It will appeal to a wide audience of health and social care professionals together with psychiatrists-in-training. --- from the publisher Contents: Acknowledgements; Foreword Dan Blazer; Preface; 1. Late-life depression: an introduction; 2. Management of late-life depression; 3. Management of late-life depression in primary care: case studies UK; 4. Management of more complicated depression in primary care: case studies UK; 5. Management of late-life depression across the primary and secondary care interface: case studies UK; 6. Management of late-life depression around the world: summary of international commentaries; 7. Management of late-life depression: useful resources; Appendix. International commentaries; Index. Contributors: Harry Allen, David Challis, Mike Cheshire, Simon Cocksedge, Avril Danczak, Ceri Dornan, Christopher Dowrick, Chris Fox, Jane Hughes, Steve Iliffe, Ahmed I. Lambat, Helen Lester, Karina Lovell, Cornelius Katona, Sue Martin, Michael Morley, Elizabeth Murray, James Oliver, Jo Protheroe, Helen Pusey, Greta Rait, Joy Ratcliffe, Ruth Thompson, Waquas Waheed, Ken Wilson, David Ames, Eleanor Flynn, Maria Alekxandrova, Kaloyan Stoychev, Kenneth Shulman, Ross Upshur, Kirsten Abelskov, Kaj Sparle Christensen, Philippe H. Robert, Michel Benoit, Florence Cabane, Genevieve Ruault, Helen F. K. Chiu, D. K. T. Li, Syuichi Awata, Akira Honma, Knut Engedal, Harald Sanaker, Nicoleta Ta(taru, Monica Ba(lan, Alexandru Dicker, Els Licht-Strunk, Marijke Bremmer, Jose Antonio Ferreiro Guri, Raimundo Mateos, Jeff Lyness, Tom Campbell |
