Depression in the Elderly - Hardcover

Georgeta Raţă

9781443846158: Depression in the Elderly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1443846155 ISBN 13: 9781443846158

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

Depression in the Elderly examines theoretical aspects of depression, its symptoms and risk factors, ageing, old age and the elderly, the families of depressed old people, and practical aspects resulting from quantitative and qualitative research on a significant sample of old people from the point of view of the main psycho-social factors involved in depression in the elderly: sudden retirement, losses (of the partner, of the adult child, of social status, of health), poverty, loneliness, and social isolation. This book will appeal to a wide and diversified range of professionals, such as social workers, psychologists, doctors, academics, researchers, priests and students, as well as people aged over 50 and families willing to help their ageing relatives avoid depression. The book will be of use to both professionals in the field of social work and for people preparing to make a step forward in life.

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Review:

"Depression in the Elderly by Patricia-Luciana Runcan addresses the growing problem of clinical depression and its impact upon the lives of elderly Romanians. Romania is a nation that seems largely under-represented on the stage of global public health, and Runcan's focus on her native country provides an interesting perspective not found in much of the current literature on depression. The book endeavors to answer why elderly people are more susceptible to depression, and suggests ways in which mental health care to this often neglected population can be enhanced, such as improved cooperation between psychiatry and social services and more tailored treatment options." - Kyle W. West, centreformedicalhumanities.org

About the Author:

Patricia-Luciana Runcan currently works as a Senior Lecturer at the West University of Timi oara, Romania. She holds a BA in Sociology from the same University, a BA in Law from the Tibiscus University of Timi oara, and a PhD in Sociology from the West University of Timi oara. Her main areas of interest include social work and sociology. She is the author of Social Work: Family and Child (2008) and The Case Management Method in Child Protection (2011) and has co-edited Risks and Opportunities in the Romanian Social Work System (2011) and Applied Social Sciences: Social Work (2013).

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