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Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction List of Contributors 1. The Socio-demographic and Health Status of the Indian Elderly Narayan P. Das and Urvi Shah 2. Mental Health and Aging: Glimpses of the WSRC Project 84 Parul Dave, Pallavi Mehta, Purnima Khanna SECTION-I AGING WOMEN AND MENTAL HEALTH: ISSUES AND CONCERNS 3. Mental Health and Aging: A Gender Perspective Archana Sinha 4. Adjustment Problems of Aging Women Dipti Oza SECTION-II GENDER AND DEPRESSION 5. Gender Dilferences in Depression: Findings from a Controlled Study Tushar Agravat 6. Depression in Middle Aged Women Aruna Khasgiwala SECTION-III SOCIAL REALITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN 7. Determinants of Stress in Older Women Geeta Challa, K. Mayuri 8. Mental Illness: A Risk Factor for Domestic Violence in Women? Khyati Mehtaliya, G. K. Vankar 9. Is There Light at the Other End of the Tunnel? Travails of Widows from Rural Gujarat whose Children have out-migrated Indira Mallya and Parul Dave 10. Traumatic Widowhood and Major Depression: A Study of Widows affected by Communal Violence M.S. Saiyad, Arun Kumar, Chetan Patel, Rahul S! idhaye, Seema Garg, Nilesh Bhaiya, G. K. Vankar SECTION-IV SOME ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IN AGING WOMEN 11. Effects of Nutrients on Mental Health N. Somashekara, Sandeep Shah, C.N. Ramchand 12. Effect of Iron Folic Acid Supplementation on the Physical and Mental Performance of Elderly, Anemic Women Pallavi Mehta, Komal Chauhan, Swati Khurana 13. Physical and Mental Status of Geriatric Women of a District of Gujarat Niraj Pandit, S. K. Choudhary, Jashmin Modi, Kalpesh Goswami 14. Osteoporosis in Aging Women: A study of adult women in a local community of Gujarat Gayatree Jadeja and S.Rema 15. Common Medical Problems of the Elderly Biren Roy Chauhan 16. Oral Care for Elderly People AmitParekh 17. Psychological and Social Aspects of Breast Cancer: Some observations from Clinical Practice Jayshree Mehta 18. Depression and Comorbid Anxiety in Older People: Diagnosis and Treatment Options Anand B. Khorana SECTION-V INTERVENTION STRATEGIES 19. Pancha-Kosha Purification in Mental Health Management: With Reference to Aging Women B.M. Palan 20. Dealing with Depression During Menopause: Recommendations from Praxis Monali Desai 21. Brahmi: An Alternative Therapy for Depression in Elderly Women Palla vi Mehta, Tejal Vasavda, Arpita Shah and Komal Chauhan Epilogue ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Compiled by Purnima Khanna Index

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