Suicide and Depression in Late Life

Gary J. Kennedy is the author of Suicide and Depression in Late Life: Critical Issues in Treatment, Research and Public Policy, published by Wiley.

CRITICAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL SCIENCE.

Epidemiology and Inferences Regarding the Etiology of Late-LifeSuicide (G. Kennedy, et al.).

The Epidemiology of Late-Life Depression (G. Kennedy).

Biological Commonalties Among Aging, Depression, and SuicidalBehavior (L. Schneider).

Suicide Among Ethnic Elders (F. Baker).

THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES.

Clinical Measurement of Suicidality and Coping in Late Life: ATheory of Countervailing Forces (R. Plutchik, et al.).

Psychotherapeutic Approaches to the Depressed and Suicidal OlderPerson and Family (J. Richman).

Biological Treatment of Severe Late-Life Depression:Pharmacotherapy and Electroconvulsive Therapy (D. Hay & L.Hay).

A Brief Antidepressant Prescribing Guide for the Generalist (G.Kennedy).

TOWARD A MORE INFORMED PUBLIC POLICY.

Death, Dying, and Assisted Suicide (R. Coomaraswamy).

The Emerging Agenda for Prevention Through Research and PublicPolicy (G. Kennedy).

Indexes.