Overview and Common Manifestations: Epidemiology of Late-Life Depression. Barriers to the Safe and Effective Treatment of Late-Life Depression. Diagnosing Depression in Later Life. Geriatric Nonmajor Depressive Syndromes - Dysthymia, Subsyndromal Depression, and Other Nonmajor Depressive Disorders in the Elderly. Bereavement and Depression in Late Life. Depression and Medical Illness. Vascular Depression. Caregiver Depression. Therapeutic Interventions and Outcomes: Pharmacotherapy of Late-Life Depression - Review and Recommendations. Barriers and Solutions to Medication Adherence. Electroconvulsive Therapy for the Treatment of Late-Life Depression. Psychotherapy with Depressed Older Adults. Late-Life Suicide. Factors Affecting Long-Term Prognosis and Maintenance Treatment Outcomes.

Exploring the causes, manifestations, and consequences of late-life depression, this reference examines treatments and approaches for the management of this condition, highlighting methods for the recognition of depression in the medically ill, clinically demented, and bereaved, as well as for assessment of the efficacy of these treatment.