Handbook of Mental Health and Aging

Dr. Nathan Hantke is assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health and Science University and a board certified clinical neuropsychologist with experience assessing cognitive problems in adults across a wide range of diagnoses, including memory disorders, head injury, movement disorders, and epilepsy. His primary research interests are in geriatric neuropsychology, and he has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and book chapters examining late-life cognitive decline and related risk factors. In addition to his clinical and research roles, he also serves as the national Co-Director for the VA’s 27-site research fellowship program in mental illness research and treatment. Amit Etkin, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, a member of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute, and an Investigator in the VA Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the Palo Alto VA. Dr. Etkin is trained as both as a neuroscientist and psychiatrist. The overarching aim of the Etkin lab is to understand the neural basis of emotional disorders and their treatment, and to leverage this knowledge to better understand how the brain works and to develop novel treatment interventions. In support of this goal, Dr. Etkin also collaborates with neuroscientists, engineers, psychologists, physicians and others to establish a new intellectual, scientific and clinical paradigm for understanding and manipulating human brain circuits in healthy individuals and for treating psychiatric disease. Dr. Ruth O’Hara is an Associate Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Translational Research Core of the Veterans Affairs Sierra-Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC). Her research focuses on longitudinal investigations of the relationship between neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in normal and pathological aging. She served on the DSM 5 Sleep Wake Workgroup, and was a member of the national VA Dementia Guidelines Committee. Her current research has a primary emphasis on the impact of sleep disordered breathing, sleep apnea and associated hypoxia on psychiatric symptoms and cognitive function in older adults. She has extensive experience conducting full ambulatory polysomnography in a broad range of late life disorders, with hundreds of such studies conducted in her laboratory to date.

• List of ContributorsPreface1. Concepts and Issues in Mental Health and AgingNathan Hantke and Ruth O'Hara2. Epidemiology of Selected Mental Disorders in Later LifeBrenna N. Renn, Patricia A. Arean and Jurgen Unutzer3. Culture and Ethnicity in the Mental Health of Older AdultsLucas Torres, Claire Bird and Felicia Mata-Greve4. Stress, Mental Health, and AgingRaeanne C. Moore, Elizabeth Straus and Laura M. Campbell5. Structural Changes in the Aging BrainMeghan Riddle and Warren D. Taylor6. Sleep-Dependent Cellular Chemical Changes in the Aging BrainGordon X. Wang and Philippe Mourrain7. Biomarkers of Cognitive Impairment in Late-Life DepressionBreno S. Diniz and Meryl A. Butters8. Accelerated Brain Molecular Aging in DepressionRammohan Shukla and Etienne Sibille9. Cognitive Dysfunction in Late-Life Psychiatric Disorders: Phenotypes, Risk Factors, and Treatment TargetsChristina F. Chick, Casey Buck and Ruth O'Hara10. Suicide in Late LifeJoshua T. Jordan and Lauren A. Anker11. Anxiety and its Disorders in Old AgeSherry A. Beaudreau, Christine E. Gould, Susan Sharp Kolderup and Nehjla Mashal12. Bipolar Disorders in Older AdultsLaura Hein, Annemiek Dols and Lisa T. Eyler13. Positive Psychiatry and Successful Aging in People with SchizophreniaDilip V. Jeste, Ryan Van Patten and Ellen E. Lee14. Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive DisordersLucy Y. Wang, Beth Ann LaBardi, Murray A Raskind and Elaine R Peskind15. Substance Use Disorders in the ElderlyTylor J. Jilk and Martin S. Mumenthaler16. Sleep Disorders and AgingLogan Schneider, Rosy Karna, Makoto Kawai and Kai Parker-Fong17. Aging of Persons with Neurodevelopmental DisabilitiesLauren A. Anker, Christina F. Chick and Joachim F. Hallmayer18. Bereavement and GriefDanielle K. Florioso, Alana Iglewicz and Sidney Zisook19. Neuropsychology with Older AdultsNathan Hantke and Nicholas T. Bott20. Integrative Precision-Medicine Approach to Cognitive Assessment in Older AdultsSharon Naparstek, Omer Linkovski and Limor Gertner21. Functional Assessment in Geriatric Mental HealthAdriana Seelye, Sarah Brown, Katherine Dorociak, Jeffrey Kaye, Katherine Wild and Snezana Urosevic22. Psychotherapeutic Interventions with Older Adults: Now and Into the FutureLeander K. Mitchell and Nancy A. Pachana23. Psycopharmacologic TreatmentVimal M. Aga, Mujeeb U. Shad, Hongru Zhu and Carl Salzman24. Technology-Based Mental Health Assessment and InterventionChristine E. Gould, Flora Ma, Julia R. Loup, Christine Juang, Erin Y. Sakai and Renee Pepin25. Community and Home Care for Mentally Ill Older AdultsErin Cassidy-Eagle26. Forensic and Ethical IssuesMousa S. Botros, Julie E. Guzzardi, Regina M. Carney, Spencer Eth and Gregory B. Leong27. The Economics of Geriatric Mental Health CareNicholas T. Bott28. The Future of Mental Health and AgingNathan Hantke, Ruth O'Hara, Sherry A. Beaudreau and Amit EtkinAuthor IndexSubject Index