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Series Introduction
Preface
Contributors
1 Neurochemistry of Aging 1
2 Pharmacokinetics of Psychotropic Drugs 27
3 Drug Interactions 43
4 Treatment of Major Depression in the Elderly 61
5 Treatment of Psychotic Depression 99
6 Treatment of Major Depressions During Bereavement 115
7 Maintenance Therapies for Late-Life Recurrent Major Depression: Research and Review Circa 1996 127
8 Depression and Cardiac Disease 143
9 Treatment of Poststroke Psychiatric Disorders 161
10 Depression and Cancer 187
11 Depression and Parkinson's Disease 199
12 The Assessment and Treatment of Depressed-Demented Patients 223
13 Use of Stimulants in Depressed Patients with Medical Illness 245
14 Use of Lithium in Bipolar Disorder 259
15 Lithium Toxicity in the Elderly 273
16 Anticonvulsants in Bipolar Elderly 285
17 Treatment of Psychosis in Late Life 301
18 Treatment of Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease 327
19 Sedative-Hypnotics in the Elderly Population 347
20 The Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in the Elderly 367
21 Use of Cognitive Enhancers in Dementing Disorders 381
22 Neuroleptics for Behavioral Complications of Dementia 405
23 Nonneuroleptic Treatment of Complications of Dementia: Applying Clinical Research to Practice 427
Index 455