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| Integrated management of depression in the elderly | | Author(s) | Carolyn Chew-Graham, Robert Baldwin, Alistair Burns |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008 |
| Pages | 198 pp |
| Source | Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, CB2 8RU. http://www.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Depression ; Medical care ; General practice ; Case studies ; International. |
| Annotation | Depression is one of the most common mental health problems facing older people, and it is often unrecognised and usually under-treated. This book provides a new approach to understanding late-life depression, by using a series of case studies with commentaries from practitioners internationally (Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Japan, and The Netherlands). The book covers the epidemiology, presentation and diagnosis of depression in older people, and outlines current evidence for effective management from 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 would work together to manage the patient within their community. The emphasis is on self-management strategies, which can be implemented in primary care and collaborative care approaches, depending on the complexity of the case. The addition of commentaries from experts in the field adds an international perspective, which will be suited to health and social care professionals and students. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090908201 B |
| Classmark | ENR: LK: L5: 69P: 72 |
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