Depression and Anxiety in Later Life: What Everyone Needs to Know

by Mark D. Miller and Charles F. Reynolds

Book Overview

Depression and anxiety can be avoided or minimized through medication and therapy and by adapting to changing circumstances as we age.

Physical problems and emotional stresses, such as bereavement, health conditions, pain, concerns about the future, side effects of medications, and the accumulated effects of lifestyle choices, may lead to depression or anxiety in older people. However, as Drs. Mark D. Miller and Charles F. Reynolds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421406306
• ISBN13: 9781421406305
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher