Mental health in later life : taking a life course approach / Alisoun Milne ; foreword by Judith Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milne, Alisoun, author.

Series:

Ageing and the lifecourse.

Ageing and the Life Course

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Mental health.

Older people.

Older people--Mental health--Social aspects.

Geriatric psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.

Summary:

Focusing on mental health rather than mental illness, this book adopts a lifecourse approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing in later life. Well-respected author and scholar Alisoun Milne explores the influences of lifecourse experiences, structural inequalities, socio-political context, history, gender and age related factors and engages with new ways of thinking about preventing mental ill health and promoting mental health in later life. Drawing together material from a number of different fields, the book analyses the meaning and determinants of mental health among older populations and offers a critical review of the lifecourse, ageing and mental health discourse for students, professionals, policy makers and researchers.

Contents:

Demography, topography and mental health problems in later life

Mental health, psychological well-being, successful ageing and quality of life

The life course, inequalities and mental health in later life

The impact of age-related risks and inequalities on mental health in later life

Socio-economic disadvantage and poverty

Abuse, mistreatment and neglect

The fourth age, frailty and transitions

The mental health and well-being of people living with dementia

Conceptualising dementia

Promotion and prevention.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Mar 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447323396

1447323394

9781447311904

1447311906

9781447305736

1447305736

OCLC:

1140791848