Alcohol and Aging Clinical and Public Health Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kuerbis, Alexis (Editor), Moore, Alison.A (Editor), Sacco, Paul (Editor), Zanjani, Faika (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Public health.; Geriatrics.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This book provides a current perspective on alcohol and aging to better understand the trends, costs, benefits, and clinical and community evidenced-based strategies. This book embraces not only the physical, cognitive, psychological, and social health benefits of moderate drinking in the elderly, i...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Thinking Behind Alcohol Consumption in Old Age
• Alcohol Consumption Patterns in Older Adults
• Measurement issues???
• Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older Adults
• Alcohol and Psychiatric Comorbidity Patterns in Older Adults
• Alcohol and the Aging Anatomy and Physiology
• Organs most involved and affected by alcohol consumption
• Gender Differences
• Heart Disease, Alcohol, and Aging
• Cancer, Alcohol, and Aging
• Alzheimer’s Disease, Cognition, Alcohol, and Aging
• HIV, Alcohol, and Aging
• Injury, Alcohol, and Aging
• Medication, Alcohol and Aging
• Elder Abuse and Aging
• Screening and Detection of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older Adults
• Treatment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Older Adults
• Motivational Interviewing
• CBT
• Life Review
• AA
• Self-Treatment with Alcohol
• Institutional Care and Alcohol Use.