The on-line reading materials in this section use the Adobe .PDF file format and require the use of the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in, in order to view the readings correctly.

Suggested Readings

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, 1999. Chapter 5: "Older Adults and Mental Health".  http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/home.html.

This module material was drawn heavily from:

• Geriatrics Review Syllabus, 3^rd edition, Part IV: Geriatric Psychiatry: Depression and Other Mood Disorders, author BS Fogel;
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4^th edition, American Psychiatric Association.