Old Age in a New Age
ISBN: 9780826592286
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Vanderbilt University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Quality of Life; Organizational Case Studies; Aged; Nursing Homes; Homes for the Aged; Older people; Older people; Nursing homes;

Wulsin, a professor of psychiatry and family medicine at the University of Cincinnati, offers a welcome addition to the literature on the mutual impact of body and mind in this look at how depression contributes to heart disease and vice versa. Written in an informal tone and balancing scientific data with patient checklists and case studies, this book is meant for patients and doctors alike. He tells, for instance, of Bea Hook, a middle-aged woman he was treating only for depression until he realized she had serious risk factors for heart disease that could be exacerbated by her depression. But the author cushions such information with helpful Clinical Tips for the average reader: for example, Learn how depression affects your risks for heart disease; Chart the course of your depression over your lifetime; Insist on comprehensive treatment of heart disease. Wulsin discusses possible single and combination treatments, which include medication, psychotherapy, light therapy and pets. Wulsin has effectively melded science with a popular approach to drive home the need for improved awareness and improved care for heart disease and depression and similarly connected diseases. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved All rights reserved.

A former hospital worker herself, Beth Baker is a freelance journalist and a regular contributor to the Washington Post Health Section and the AARP Bulletin . Baker is the winner of two Gold National Mature Media Awards for her reporting on aging.

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