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Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002 Edition
Author(s): Gail M. Williamson (Editor), David R. Shaffer (Editor), Patricia A. Parmelee (Editor)
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 17 Mar. 2013
- Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 388 pages
- ISBN-10: 1475773773
- ISBN-13: 9781475773774
Book Description
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.
