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With people living longer, often with chronic illnesses and disabilities, it is becoming increasingly important to understand how depression, disability, and physical illnesses are interrelated, the mechanisms underlying these interrelationships, and their implications for diagnosis and treatment. This volume synthesizes a carefully selected portion of the knowledge about physical illness and depression that has emerged during the past twenty years.
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Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults THE PLENUM SERIES IN SOCIAL/CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Series Editor: C. R. Snyder University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Current Volumes in the Series: ADVANCED PERSONALITY Edited by David F. Barone, Michel Hersen, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt AGGRESSION Biological, Developmental, and Social Perspectives Edited by Seymour Feshbach and Jolanta Zagrodzka AVERSIVE INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIORS Edited by Robin M. Kowalski COERCION AND AGGRESSIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT A New Frontier in Mental Health Law Edited by Deborah L. Dennis and John Monahan HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL COMPARISON Theory and Research Edited by Jerry Suls and Ladd Wheeler HUMOR The Psychology of Living Buoyantly Herbert M. Lefcourt THE IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS A Cross-Cultural Study John E. Williams, Robert C. Satterwhite, and José L. Saiz PERSONAL CONTROL IN ACTION Cognitive and Motivational Mechanisms Edited by Miroslaw Kofta, Gifford Weary, and Grzegorz Sedek PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice Edited by Gail M. Williamson, David R. Shaffer, and Patricia A. Parmelee THE REVISED NEO PERSONALITY INVENTORY Clinical and Research Applications Ralph L. Piedmont SOCIAL COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY History and Current Domains David F. Barone, James E. Maddux, and C. R. Snyder SOURCEBOOK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND PERSONALITY Edited by Gregory R. Pierce, Brian Lakey, Irwin G. Sarason, and Barbara R. Sarason A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Physical Illness and Depression in Older Adults A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice Edited by Gail M. Williamson David R. Shaffer University of Georgia Athens, Georgia and Patricia A. Parmelee Genesis Health Ventures Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Kluwer Academic Publishers New York Boston Dordrecht London Moscow eBook ISBN: Print ISBN: 0-306-47178-7 0-306-46269-9 ©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©2000 Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers New York All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://kluweronline.com http://ebooks.kluweronline.com To NELL MCEWIN, mother of Gail Williamson, and quintessential role model of combining femininity with independence, achievement, and overcoming adversity to set one's sights on nothing less than the best This page intentionally left blank. Contributors Katherine L. Applegate, Department of Psychiatry, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Jamila Bookwala, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, Abington, Pennsylvania 19001 Martha L. Bruce, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, New York 10605 Eric D. Caine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642 Jen Cheavens, Department of Psychology, U