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Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice

Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice

Williamson, Gail M.
Shaffer, David R.
Parmelee, Patricia a.

Hardcover

Series: The Springer Social Clinical Psychology

Medical ReferenceGeneral PsychologyMental Health

ISBN10: 0306462699
ISBN13: 9780306462696
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 31 2000
Pages: 370
Weight: 2.22
Height: 1.06 Width: 7.78 Depth: 9.72
Language: English
Aging is inevitable-A psychological recession is not . . . As I go about my daily life, I read and hear about the sometimes scary things that are happening to other people. As the saying goes, bad news sells newspapers. But I u- ally can take some solace in reasoning that this bad stuff assuredly will not occur in my life. After reading this book, however, one message has gotten through-I cannot d- miss those older people described in the various chapters as being dissimilar to me. After all, old person is a term that can be applied to me in a few more years. On this point, I once heard the following rhetorical question applied to the prejudice actions of the TV character Archie Bunker: What would he say about those Puerto Ricans, if, on his next birthday, he knew that he would become a Puerto Rican? As to aging, we best pay close attention because we soon will be those elders. This is why the alarming facts of this book-that our elders often are experiencing elevatedlevelsofphysicalillnessesanddepression-grabbedmebytheproverbialthroat.

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