Description |
ix, 211 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Johns Hopkins Press health book
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-203) and index. |
Summary |
Offers advice on minimizing or avoiding depression and anxiety in later life, including how to live with illness and disability, how to cope with the loss of a loved one, and how to maintain a healthy body weight and nutrition. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Understanding mood disorders : knowledge is power. What you need to know about depression -- What you need to know about anxiety -- pt. 2. Handling challenges over the next thirty years. Coping with memory loss -- Living with illness and disablity -- Getting relief from physical pain -- Understanding sleep and fatigue -- Coping with the loss of a loved one -- Stopping overuse of alcohol or prescription drugs -- Maintaining healthy body weight and nutrition -- Preserving (or renewing) sexual pleasure -- Planning for life's final phase -- Finding meaning and fulfillment- and fun. |
Subject |
Depression in old age -- Popular works.
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Older people -- Mental health -- Popular works.
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Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Popular works.
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Aging -- Popular works.
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Added Author |
Reynolds, Charles F., III, 1947-
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ISBN |
9781421406299 hdbk. alkaline paper |
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9781421406305 paperback alkaline paper |
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1421406292 hdbk. alkaline paper |
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1421406306 paperback alkaline paper |
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