Late-Life Depression and Anxiety

Late-Life Depression and Anxiety empowers health care professionals to accurately identify and diagnose anxiety and depression in older adult patients and help them find relief, stay independent, and lower their risk of suicide.

Experienced physicians, new practitioners, residents, and other health care providers can all quickly gain up-to-date knowledge of the scope and seriousness of depression, anxiety, and suicide in older adults, alongside a system of proven assessment and treatment techniques for turning evidence-based theory into practice. Contributing authors from leading universities and veteran hospitals give clinicians a wide range of information in a potent blend of academic theory and practical experience including an easy-to-implement approach to identifying and managing depression and anxiety in older adults and reducing the risk of suicide. The book discusses dependable assessment methods that consider multiple factors of mental health, including medical, behavioral, personal, social, and spiritual and provides guidance on culturally sensitive care to geriatric patients of diverse races, ethnicities, gender identities and sexual orientations, and intellectual abilities. Also included are proven rating scales to ensure more precise diagnoses and truer assessments of treatment outcomes as well as a wealth of practical support, including case examples, informative charts, and useful reference tables.

Specialized material covers the unique factors facing older adults, including cognitive impairment, functional independence, and living near the end of life. With this guide, clinicians need never be at a loss for successful strategies for talking to older adults about mental health and suicide prevention, as well as involving families in meaningful ways. Late-Life Depression and Anxiety can help clinicians bring clarity, guidance, and hope to older patients.