Guides and handbooks are reference manuals usually consulted for basic information or instruction, quick fact-finding, or for a concise and authoritative survey of a topic.
This volume synthesizes a carefully selected portion of the knowledge about physical illness and depression that has emerged during the past twenty years.
Explains patterns and sub-patterns of behavior over the lifespan, and how they are affected by biological, health, and social interactions. New topics include preclinical neuropathology, audition and language comprehension in adult aging, cognitive interventions and neural processes, social interrelations, age differences in the connection of mood and cognition, cross-cultural issues, financial decision-making and capacity, technology, gaming, social networking, and more.