Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 5, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prevention of Major Depression: A Global Priority -- The Framework for Prevention -- Social and Behavioral Risk Factors for Late-life Depression -- Prevention of Depression in Medical Conditions -- Vascular Depression and the Role of Neuroimaging and Biomarkers -- Measurement and Assessment in Late-life Depression -- Applications I: Indicated Prevention -- Applications II: Selective and Universal Prevention of Late-life Depression -- Health Policy and Economic Aspects of Late-life Depression Prevention -- Depression among Blacks during Late Life: Examining Within Group Variations -- Global Priorities and Possibilities.

This book illustrates the imperative for late-life depression prevention. It introduces a broad range of approaches to prevention, and provides detailed examples of clinical and research applications of late-life depression prevention ? all with consideration of medical and scientific, social, economic and global health perspectives. Current guidelines and tools for assessing depressive disorders among older adults are discussed, with a view toward applications for prevention. Written by experts in the field, this text also considers policy and economic implications for preventing late-life depression, such as the many complicating conditions ? such as diabetes, hypertension or heart disease ? that may co-occur with depression among older adults and that may incur higher total healthcare costs. Prevention of Late-Life Depression: Current Clinical Challenges and Priorities is an important new volume that will be useful to all providers that are concerned with the mental health of our rapidly expanding aged population.

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