An overview of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of the most important mental health problems of older people. The book discusses depression and mood disorders, cognitive impairment, sexual dysfunction, sleep and pain problems and alcohol and drug abuse.
James E. Spar, M.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine; and Coordinator, Clinical Geriatric Services at the University of California-Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
Asenath La Rue, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.