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Elderly patients are major consumers of antidepressant drugs, yet this subject is under-researched. The elderly are particularly sensitive to the adverse affects of psychotrophic drugs, and they are often given a variety of drugs simultaneously. It is therefore vital that doctors should be well informed about this subject. The aim of this book is to provide comprehensive guidance on the drug therapy for depression in old age to the clinicians involved in the health care of elderly people. The book starts be discussing the epidemiology, presentations and assessments of depression in old age. The main part of the book deals with problems of antidepressant drug therapy, such as which antidepressant to prescribe, how to monitor side effects, what is the adequate dose, how long to treat a single episode of depression and who requires long-term medication. This book should be useful reading for all doctors who care for elderly people. This book should be of interest to general physicians, psychiatrists, psychopharmacologists and physicians in geriatric medicine.

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Author:   K. Ghose
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.486kg
ISBN:  

9780412324604

ISBN 10:   0412324601
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   01 January 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I The Nature and Presentation of Depression.- 1 Presentation and assessment of depression in old age.- 2 Identification of depression in geriatric medical patients.- 3 The epidemiology and natural history of depression in old age.- 4 Neuroendocrine abnormalities in depression and the influence of drugs.- II Lithium Salts.- 5 Metabolic and endocrine effects of lithium.- 6 Clinical pharmacology of lithium salts.- 7 Lithium in the prophylaxis of depressive illness in late life.- III Tricyclic and Related Antidepressants.- 8 Pharmacokinetics of tricyclic and related antidepressants.- 9 Which antidepressant?.- 10 Cardiovascular effects of tricyclic antidepressants in elderly people.- 11 Side-effects of tricyclic and related antidepressants.- IV Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor Antidepressants.- 12 Efficacy and problems of MAO inhibitor antidepressants.- V General Management.- 13 Management of acute episodes of depression.- 14 The use of electroconvulsive therapy in elderly depressive patients.- 15 Drug therapy in the management of treatment-resistant depression in elderly people.- 16 Long-term antidepressant treatment in old age.- 17 Factors influencing the outcome of treatment.- Pharmacological and therapeutic agents index.

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