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Treating depression in disabled, low-income elderly: a conceptual model and recommendations for care
- Authors:
- AREAN Patricia A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(8), August 2010, pp.765-769.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Ten percent of older people in the United States live at or below the poverty line, and the treatment of depression within this group is complicated by several factors, where poor access to resources, disability, and mild cognitive impairment are the main factors that moderate treatment effects. Interventions that not only address the depressive syndrome but also manage social adversity are needed to help this patient population recover from depression. This paper presents a literature review of correlates of depression in late life. In the review the authors propose a treatment model that combines case management to address social adversity with problem solving treatment to address the depressive syndrome. The case of a male patient is outlined – living in poverty, depressed, and physically disabled. The authors’ illustrate how the combination of case management and problem solving treatment can work together to ameliorate depression. In conclusion, the paper suggests that the combination of age, disability, and social adversity complicates the management and treatment of depression. Case management and problem solving treatment are interventions that work synergistically to overcome depression and manage social problems.
Approaches to teaching health care in social work: a compendium of model syllabi
- Authors:
- COPELAND Valire Carr, et al, comps
- Publisher:
- Council on Social Work Education
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 155p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Alexandria, VA
Syllabi focusing on social work in health care. Contains course outlines on: case management with vulnerable populations; special fields of social work health settings; social work issues in health care; social work practice in health care settings; poverty, health and health policy; social work in health; health care issues, policies and programmes; health, illness and disability; clinical social work issues in health care; introduction to health services research; issues in maternal health; urban health care; social and preventive issues around AIDS; gender and chronic health conditions; and health care for the poor.