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<br> The editors of this volume, themselves well-known experts in late life mood disorders, have accumulated an amazingly diverse and competent group of authors for this effort. The result is what must be for years to come the go to volume for a comprehensive and critical review of this significant public health burden for elders. An additional strength of the volume is the appropriately broad range of topics covered, from the basic neuropathology underlying late life depression and its variants to an excellent review of care systems. Therapeutic modalities are not neglected and reflect significant advances in both individual therapies and integrative models now available to practitioners. In summary, this volume is not only up to date, it is also unique in its breadth and depth. A must reference for the geriatric mental health workforce. -- Dan G. Blazer MD, PhD, JP Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center <br><p><br> As the number of people age 60 years and older triples over the next four decades, Late-Life Mood Disorders will become an essential resource not only for specialists and students, but also for general psychiatrists who will be seeing a greater number of older adults with geriatric mental disorders. The editors have brought together the leading experts in the field to provide a comprehensive, scholarly, and accessible volume that elucidates the relevant science and offers practical clinical guidance. -- Gary Small, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Parlow-Solomon Professor on Aging; Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Division and the UCLA Longevity Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles <br><p><br> The editors, who are among the leading researchers in this field, have done an outstanding job in bringing together the leading experts in the field of late-life mood disorders. The in-depth, up-to-date chapters inc

This is an outstanding book covering an all too frequent but often unrecognized problem of late-life mood disorders. There has been enormous progress in understanding the neurobiology of these disorders and this book presents the latest information about this burgeoning research. Written and edited by internationally recognized leaders in the field, this is a welcome addition to geriatric psychiatry... This comprehensive book is an excellent guide to the current scientific knowledge about late-life mood disorders. All clinicians involved in the care of older adults should be familiar with the information it contains. Doody's Notes, June 2013 ...its scope and breadth of topics covered are remarkable. It has the potential to be a core resource for all old age psychiatrists. British Journal of Psychology

This is an outstanding book covering an all too frequent but often unrecognized problem of late-life mood disorders. There has been enormous progress in understanding the neurobiology of these disorders and this book presents the latest information about this burgeoning research. Written and edited by internationally recognized leaders in the field, this is a welcome addition to geriatric psychiatry... This comprehensive book is an excellent guide to the current scientific knowledge about late-life mood disorders. All clinicians involved in the care of older adults should be familiar with the information it contains. Doody's Notes, June 2013

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Dr. Helen Lavretsky is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, a geriatric psychiatrist with the research interest in geriatric depression and caregiver stress, as well as complementary and alternative medicine and mind-body approaches to treatment and prevention of disorders in older adults. She is a recipient of the two Career Development awards from NIMH and other prestigious research awards. Her current research include clinical and translational studies of geriatric depression and caregiver stress, as well as complementary and alternative interventions for stress reduction in older adults. Dr. Sajatovic is Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a researcher, educator, and clinician who has devoted herself to the study and treatment of traditionally hard-to treat populations with serious mental illness. Dr. Sajatovic is Director of Geropsychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) and holds the Willard Brown Chair in Neurological Outcomes at UHCMC/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Charles F. Reynolds III, M.D. is the UPMC Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry; and professor of neurology and neuroscience; Senior Associate Dean University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and professor of behavioral and community health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Scientist Award and a MERIT award for studies of ""Maintenance Therapies in Late Life Depression,"" Dr. Reynolds has twice been named one of The Best Doctors in America and has received the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

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