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Late-Life Depression by Steven P. Roose M.D.; Harold A. Sackeim is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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We live in an aging world. Illnesses that are prevalent and cause significant morbidity and mortality in older people will consume an increasing share of health care resources. One such illness is depression. This illness has a particularly devastating impact in the elderly because it is often undiagnosed or inadequately treated. Depression not only has a profound impact on quality of life but it is associated with an increased risk of mortality from suicide and vascular disease. In fact for every medical illness studied, e.g. heart disease, diabetes, cancer, individuals who are depressed have a worse prognosis. Research has illuminated the physiological and behavioral effects of depression that accounts for these poor outcomes. The deleterious relationship between depression and other illnesses has changed the concept of late-life depression from a "psychiatric disorder" that is diagnosed and treated by a psychiatrist to a common and serious disorder that is the responsibility of all physicians who care for patients over the age of 60. This is the first volume devoted to the epidemiology, phenomenology, psychobiology, treatment and consequences of late-life depression. Although mu

Who reads Late-Life Depression?

Author

Steven P. Roose M.D.; Harold A. Sackeim

Publisher

Oxford University Press Academic US

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198034841

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Science