Beat Depression to Stay Healthier and Live Longer (eBook)

Gary S. Moak, M.D. is a past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and 2011 recipient of its clinician-of-the-year award. He is a practicing geriatric psychiatrist with over 30 years experience treating older adults with a wide range of psychiatric and behavioral problems related to diseases of aging. Dr. Moak is assistant professor of psychiatry at the Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth, where he serves as Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at the New Hampshire Hospital. In addition to his clinical work with older adults and their families, Dr. Moak is a clinical educator. He teaches medical students and doctors in training, in psychiatry and primary care medicine, about mental health and aging and the treatment of late-life mental health problems. Dr. Moak regularly speaks to audiences of older adults and members of their families about mental health and aging.

PrefaceIntroduction: Depression Is A Life And Death Matter: A Tale Of Two SydneysPART ONE: DEPRESSION IN LATE LIFE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOTChapter 1: Old Age Is NOT Depressing: Truth and FictionChapter 2: What Causes Depression. It’s Not What You Think It IsChapter 3: Depression In Other Brain Diseases Chapter 4: What’s In A Name? Why Correct Diagnosis of Depression MattersPART TWO: DEPRESSION IS BAD FOR YOU – HOW DEPRESSION CAN WRECK YOUR HEALTH AND SHORTEN YOUR LIFE.Chapter 5: “What You don’t Know Won’t Hurt You” - Wrong! The More You About Depression the Healthier You Can BeChapter 6: When Heartache causes Heart “Ache”: Depression and Heart DiseaseChapter 7: Treatment of Depression May Be a Stroke of Luck: Depression and StrokeChapter 8: Depression and DiabetesChapter 9: Breathe Easier: Depression and Chronic lung diseaseChapter 10: Depression and Chronic Kidney Disease Chapter 11: Depression and CancerChapter 12: Depression and ArthritisChapter 13: Depression and Parkinson’s DiseaseChapter 14: Depression and Alzheimer’s DiseaseChapter 15: Depression and PainChapter 16: Depression and FallingPART THREE: HOW TO BEAT DEPRESSION TO STAY HEALTHIER AND LIVE LONGERChapter 17: “You Can Lead a Horse to Water…Getting a Reluctant Elder to Accept Treatment.Chapter 18: You’re Never Too Old: Treatments For Depression Work!Chapter 19: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade: Antidepressant MedicationsChapter 20: Lifestyle Practices, Herbal Treatments, and Nutritional SupplementsChapter 21: There is No Magic Pill: Why does Good Treatment Take So Long?Chapter 22: The Shocking Facts About Shock TreatmentChapter 23: Getting The Treatment You Need: Being an Educated ConsumerBibliogaphy