Beat Depression to Stay Healthier and Live Longer : A Guide for Older Adults and Their Families.
Moak, Gary S.
Beat Depression to Stay Healthier and Live Longer : A Guide for Older Adults and Their Families. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (332 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Depression Is a Life and Death Matter -- Part I: Depression in Late Life: What It Is and What It Is Not -- 1 Old Age Is Not Depressing -- 2 What Causes Depression? -- 3 Depression in Other Brain Diseases -- 4 What's in a Name? -- Part II: Depression Is Bad for You: How Depression Can Wreck Your Health and Shorten Your Life -- 5 "What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You" -- 6 When Heartache Causes Heart "Ache" -- 7 Treatment of Depression May Be a Stroke of Luck -- 8 Depression and Diabetes -- 9 Breathe Easier -- 10 Depression and Chronic Kidney Disease -- 11 Depression and Cancer -- 12 Depression and Arthritis -- 13 Depression and Parkinson's Disease -- 14 Depression and Alzheimer's Disease -- 15 Depression Can Be a Real Pain: Depression and Pain -- 16 Don't Take the Fall for Depression: Depression and Falling -- Part III: How to Beat Depression to Stay Healthier and Live Longer -- 17 "You Can Lead a Horse to Water . . ." -- 18 You're Never Too Old -- 19 When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade -- 20 Lifestyle Practices, Herbal Treatments, and Nutritional Supplements -- 21 There Is No Magic Pill -- 22 The Shocking Facts about Shock Treatment -- 23 Getting the Treatment You Need -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Written for patients and family members, this book deals with the toll depression takes on physical health, essentially accelerating the aging process, bringing on or worsening age-related health problems such as stroke, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's. It offers readers practical guidance for prevention and treatment.
9781442246621
Depression in old age - Treatment.
Electronic books.
RC537.5.M63 2016
618.97/68527
Beat Depression to Stay Healthier and Live Longer : A Guide for Older Adults and Their Families. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (332 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Depression Is a Life and Death Matter -- Part I: Depression in Late Life: What It Is and What It Is Not -- 1 Old Age Is Not Depressing -- 2 What Causes Depression? -- 3 Depression in Other Brain Diseases -- 4 What's in a Name? -- Part II: Depression Is Bad for You: How Depression Can Wreck Your Health and Shorten Your Life -- 5 "What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You" -- 6 When Heartache Causes Heart "Ache" -- 7 Treatment of Depression May Be a Stroke of Luck -- 8 Depression and Diabetes -- 9 Breathe Easier -- 10 Depression and Chronic Kidney Disease -- 11 Depression and Cancer -- 12 Depression and Arthritis -- 13 Depression and Parkinson's Disease -- 14 Depression and Alzheimer's Disease -- 15 Depression Can Be a Real Pain: Depression and Pain -- 16 Don't Take the Fall for Depression: Depression and Falling -- Part III: How to Beat Depression to Stay Healthier and Live Longer -- 17 "You Can Lead a Horse to Water . . ." -- 18 You're Never Too Old -- 19 When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade -- 20 Lifestyle Practices, Herbal Treatments, and Nutritional Supplements -- 21 There Is No Magic Pill -- 22 The Shocking Facts about Shock Treatment -- 23 Getting the Treatment You Need -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Written for patients and family members, this book deals with the toll depression takes on physical health, essentially accelerating the aging process, bringing on or worsening age-related health problems such as stroke, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and Alzheimer's. It offers readers practical guidance for prevention and treatment.
9781442246621
Depression in old age - Treatment.
Electronic books.
RC537.5.M63 2016
618.97/68527