To Be Old and Sad: Understanding Depression in the Elderly - Softcover

Billig, Nathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0669122793 ISBN 13: 9780669122794

Publisher: Lexington Books, 1986

Synopsis

Identifies the symptoms of depression, describes treatments, looks at possible causes, and tells how to help elderly people who may be depressed

About this title

From Library Journal:

Depression, one of the most common causes of mental dysfunction in older persons, is also one of the most misdiagnosed and mistreated. It may result from something as simple as a drug's side effects or as complex as a continuing, lifelong battle with depressive symptoms. Dr. Billig, director of Georgetown University Medical Center's Geriatric Psychiatry Program, offers a succinct explanation of depression and its causes, methods of diagnosis, and treatment alternatives. This book is not a self-help guide but nonetheless gives reassuring information to both the elderly and their families. With its case histories, it could also serve as an introductory text, though the bibliography could be more extensive. Karen McNally Bensing, Metro General Hospital Lib., Cleveland
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0669122793
• ISBN 13: 9780669122794
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114