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Seniors' Mental Health: Summer 2002 No. 15 (48 pages) PDF of Complete Issue (1mb) |
Table of Contents
- Editor's Message (Eric Macnaughton)
- The State of Seniors' Health in British Columbia [Guest Editorial] (Martha Donnelly)
- Depression among the Elderly (Kevin Solomons)
- Depression Detection and Treatment across Cultures: Elderly Populations
(Hiram Mok & Kimberly Morishita) - Study: Depression in Older Chinese Adults (Daniel Lai)
- Elder Suicide in Native Communities: How Valuing and Including our Seniors Can Make All the Difference (Paul Kettl)
- The Not-So-Shocking Facts About ECT (Peter Chan)
- When Sedatives Do More Harm than Good: The Use and Misuse of Benzodiazepines (Harkirat Kaur)
- Is This Supposed to Happen? Distinguishing Dementia from the Normal Cognitive Changes of Aging (Holly Tuokko)
- Achieving a Balance: Relating Physical and Mental Health in Seniors (Chris Rauscher)
- Support and Assistance for the Vulnerable Older Adult and Seniors with Dementia (Sara Campbell)
- Dealing with Physical and Mental Health Conditions: Then and Now (Barbara Berry)
- Through Sickness and Health: A Wife's Account of her Husband's Mood Disorder (Interview by Sarah Hamid)
- Coming in From the Cold: Caregiving for Alzheimer's on Film and in Life
(Bruce Saunders) - Seniors Caring for Friends and Family in Kelowna
- Moving Seniors Can Be Detrimental to their Mental Health (Patricia Harding)
- Time and Love: Gifts to the Caregiver (Anne Duggan)
- Schizophrenia of My Times (Walter Beier)
- Aging with Mental Illness (May Louie)
- Sometimes Only on One Wing: Life and Illness over a 40-year Span (Rhea Alexander)
- Seniors and Mental Health Promotion (Penny MacCourt)
- Nutrition in Mental Health: Focus on Seniors (Erica Messing)
- Health Promotion for Seniors: The Healthy Brain Program (Stephen Kiraly)
- Safety Nets: Avoiding Depression in the Elderly (Janice McTaggart)
- The Therapeutic Activation Group: A Cognitive-Behavioural Group Therapy Program for Seniors (Lynn Fairey)
- Helping Seniors in the Fraser Valley through Group Approaches
- Seniors Friendly Visitors Program (Jackie Rankel)
- The Geropsychiatric Education Program (Joan Hibbard)
- In Search of Meaning: An Approach to Educating Long-Term Care Staff (Irene Barnes)
- Elderly Outreach Service: A Community Mental Health Program for Seniors
(Giuseppe Scaletta) - The Upper Island Geriatric Outreach Team (Sandie Somers)
- Helping the Forgotten Pioneers: A Northern Approach to Supporting Seniors with Mental Illness (K. Staff & L. Holland)
- Salmon Arm Mental Health Service Elderly Services Program: How it Grew and Why it Works (Lyle Petch)
- Listening to the North Okanagan: A Systems Approach to Accountability
(Catharine Hume) - Vancouver's Geriatric Crisis Service (Diane Martin)
- RESOURCES
