Depression and Suicide in Late Life

• Author(s): Diego De Leo, R. F. W. Diekstra,
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
• Pages: 275
• ISBN_10: 092088766X
  ISBN_13: 9780920887660
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Geriatrics , Psychology / General , Psychology / Suicide , Psychology / Psychopathology / Depression , Social Science / Gerontology , Social Science / Death & Dying ,

Description:... This optimistic book attempts to instill a more positive outlook in mental health professionals who work extensively with elderly subjects. It argues that it is important to modify the attitude of resignation so often characterizing the clinical approach to psychiatric disturbances in the elderly.