| Foreword | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction: The Links Between Physical and Mental Health | p. 1 |
| Overview | p. 7 |
| Physical Diseases and Functional Outcome in 1,000 Older Urban Medical Patients | p. 7 |
| Clinical Implications | p. 13 |
| Influence of Cognition on Health Outcomes | p. 15 |
| The Relationship of Neuropsychological Variables to ADL Abilities | p. 16 |
| Cognition and ADL Recovery in Urban Medical Rehabilitation Settings | p. 18 |
| Studies to Predict ADLs | p. 19 |
| Clinical Implications of Rehabilitation and ADL Studies | p. 24 |
| The Relationship of Neuropsychological Variables to Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Skills (IADLS) | p. 25 |
| Clinical Implications of IADL Research | p. 34 |
| Summary | p. 35 |
| The Role of Depression in Geriatric Health Outcomes | p. 37 |
| Prevalence of Depression in Medically Ill Older Adults | p. 37 |
| Measuring Depression in Urban Elderly: The Geriatric Depression Scale | p. 39 |
| The Relationship of Depression to Physical Health Outcomes | p. 40 |
| Psychosocial Treatment of Geriatric Depression | p. 43 |
| Behavioral Theory of Depression | p. 44 |
| The Depression in Older Urban Rehabilitation Patients Treatment Program: The DOUR Project | p. 45 |
| Clinical Implications | p. 52 |
| Perspectives on Cognition in Normal Elderly and in Those with Alzheimer's Disease | p. 53 |
| Lessons for the Clinician from Studies on Normal Aging | p. 53 |
| Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Research Considerations | p. 53 |
| Studies on Memory and Aging | p. 55 |
| Clinical Implications from Normal Aging Studies | p. 56 |
| Differentiating Normal Aging from Dementia | p. 57 |
| Brief Cognitive Assessment Batteries | p. 60 |
| The Normative Studies Research Project Test Battery | p. 69 |
| NSRP Goals | p. 69 |
| General Cognition: Mattis Dementia Rating Scale | p. 70 |
| Memory: Logical Memory Subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale--Revised (WMS-R) | p. 75 |
| Fuld Object Memory Evaluation | p. 78 |
| Language: Boston Naming Test | p. 81 |
| Visuospatial Abilities: Visual Form Discrimination Test | p. 87 |
| Hooper Visual Organization Test | p. 90 |
| The NSRP Test Battery | p. 91 |
| Factor Analysis of the NSRP Test Battery | p. 93 |
| Utilizing the NSRP Test Battery | p. 99 |
| Case Illustrations with the NSRP Test Battery | p. 99 |
| Mrs. M | p. 99 |
| Ms. MF | p. 102 |
| Ms. P | p. 103 |
| Mrs. V | p. 104 |
| Mr. W | p. 107 |
| Ms. P | p. 109 |
| Ms. H | p. 110 |
| Ms. A | p. 112 |
| Ms. H | p. 114 |
| Mr. H | p. 116 |
| Summary | p. 117 |
| Behavioral Treatment of Geriatric Depression in Health Care Settings | p. 119 |
| Specific Methods of Detection and Treatment | p. 120 |
| Organization of Each Session | p. 120 |
| Case Examples | p. 130 |
| Detection and Treatment of Alcohol Abuse | p. 133 |
| Defining Alcoholism | p. 134 |
| Detection of Alcohol Abuse in Health Care Settings | p. 138 |
| Assessment of Alcoholism | p. 139 |
| Use of Screening Measures to Detect Alcoholism | p. 141 |
| Treatment of Alcohol Abuse | p. 148 |
| Issues of Relapse | p. 150 |
| An Interdisciplinary Approach to Confronting Alcohol Abuse in Older Adults | p. 151 |
| Emerging Areas in Geriatric Health Care Practice | p. 155 |
| Determining Patient Competence and Decision-Making Capacity | p. 155 |
| Empirical Studies of Medical Decision Making | p. 158 |
| Limitations in Competency Assessment Research | p. 161 |
| Treatment of Pain and Anxiety | p. 164 |
| Practice Management Issues for the Health Care Provider | p. 169 |
| Mental Health Practitioners' Survival of Health Care Changes | p. 171 |
| Better Utilization of Interdisciplinary Team Members | p. 171 |
| Shaping Referrals in Health Care Settings | p. 174 |
| Recognizing Opportunity in Health Systems | p. 178 |
| Summary | p. 180 |
| References | p. 181 |
| Index | p. 199 |
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