ATU Sligo /ATU St Angela's

go

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Mental health issues of older women : a comprehensive review for health care professionals /

Contributor(s): Malatesta, Victor J. (Victor Julio), Ph. D, 1951-.
Series: Journal of women & aging: v. 19, no. 1/2.Publisher: [Binghamton, N.Y.] : Haworth Press, c2007Description: 212 p. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780789035974 (hard cover : alk. paper); 9780789035974:; 0789035979 (hard cover : alk. paper); 9780789035981 (soft cover : alk. paper); 0789035987 (soft cover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Older women -- Mental health | Middle-aged women -- Mental healthDDC classification: 618.97689
Contents:
Introduction: the need to address older women's mental health issues / Victor J. Malatesta -- Cognitive functioning and aging in women / Peter C. Badgio, Blaise L. Worden -- Women, aging, and alcohol use disorders / Elizabeth E. Epstein, Kimberly Fischer-Elber, Zayed Al-Otaiba -- Women, aging, and schizophrenia / Faith B. Dickerson -- Major depressive disorder in the older adult: implications for women / Reed D. Goldstein, Alan M. Gruenberg -- Anxiety disorders and older women / Stephen Levine, Jay Weissman -- Posttraumatic stress disorder and older women / Miriam Franco -- The older female patient with a complex chronic dissociative disorder / Richard P. Kluft -- Sexual problems, women, and aging: an overview / Victor J. Malatesta -- Eating disorders across the lifespan / Lynn Brandsma -- Borderline personality disorder across the lifespan / Melissa Hunt.
Summary: This is a comprehensive overview for health care professionals, educators, and students on the study of mental health problems of aging women. A full range of mental health problems are explored, including dementia, cognitive impairment, alcohol abuse, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 618.97689 MAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0077068
Total holds: 0

"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of women & aging, volume 19, numbers 1/2, 2007."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the need to address older women's mental health issues / Victor J. Malatesta -- Cognitive functioning and aging in women / Peter C. Badgio, Blaise L. Worden -- Women, aging, and alcohol use disorders / Elizabeth E. Epstein, Kimberly Fischer-Elber, Zayed Al-Otaiba -- Women, aging, and schizophrenia / Faith B. Dickerson -- Major depressive disorder in the older adult: implications for women / Reed D. Goldstein, Alan M. Gruenberg -- Anxiety disorders and older women / Stephen Levine, Jay Weissman -- Posttraumatic stress disorder and older women / Miriam Franco -- The older female patient with a complex chronic dissociative disorder / Richard P. Kluft -- Sexual problems, women, and aging: an overview / Victor J. Malatesta -- Eating disorders across the lifespan / Lynn Brandsma -- Borderline personality disorder across the lifespan / Melissa Hunt.

This is a comprehensive overview for health care professionals, educators, and students on the study of mental health problems of aging women. A full range of mental health problems are explored, including dementia, cognitive impairment, alcohol abuse, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders.

Share