Steffi G. Riedel-Heller - Böcker

This book is a seminal guide to loneliness and social isolation in old age, providing a comprehensive overview of the important correlates of socioeconomic, health and lifestyle factors upon loneliness and social isolation in old age.Bringing together contributions from leading authorities, the book showcases expertise from, among other things, medicine, psychology, epidemiology, sociology, economics and gerontology. It shows the importance of identifying factors associated with loneliness and social isolation among older adults from a broader perspective, and includes discussion of a range of topics including income poverty, physical activity, family care and frailty. The chapters are evidence-based and offer a mix of empirical studies as well as reviews of international research. The book also discusses policy implications and provides an overview of nationally representative cohort studies around the world available to researchers quantifying loneliness or social isolation.This book is unique in examining loneliness and social isolation from such wide-ranging perspectives and will be essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students in the areas of e.g., mental health research, social work, and psychiatry. Health professionals involved with gerontology and geriatrics will also find this book of benefit.With the exception of Chapter 17, the Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

This book is a seminal guide to loneliness and social isolation in old age, providing a comprehensive overview of the important correlates of socioeconomic, health and lifestyle factors upon loneliness and social isolation in old age.Bringing together contributions from leading authorities, the book showcases expertise from, among other things, medicine, psychology, epidemiology, sociology, economics and gerontology. It shows the importance of identifying factors associated with loneliness and social isolation among older adults from a broader perspective, and includes discussion of a range of topics including income poverty, physical activity, family care and frailty. The chapters are evidence-based and offer a mix of empirical studies as well as reviews of international research. The book also discusses policy implications and provides an overview of nationally representative cohort studies around the world available to researchers quantifying loneliness or social isolation.This book is unique in examining loneliness and social isolation from such wide-ranging perspectives and will be essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students in the areas of e.g., mental health research, social work, and psychiatry. Health professionals involved with gerontology and geriatrics will also find this book of benefit.With the exception of Chapter 17, the Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Die vorliegende Leitlinie ist die erste Überarbeitung einer S3-Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN). Die Leitlinie wurde erstmals im Jahr 2013 veröffentlicht. Ihrer Erstellung liegen systematische Literaturrecherchen zugrunde, in deren Rahmen die relevante Evidenz zu den einzelnen Themen der Leitlinie ermittelt wurde. Es folgte ein formalisiertes, im nominalen Gruppenprozess auf Konsens zielendes Prozedere unter Einbindung von Experten, Betroffenen, Angehörigen und führenden Praxisvertretern des Feldes. In vielen Bereichen konnten auf Grund der umfangreichen Evidenz klare Behandlungsempfehlungen formuliert werden. Das Besondere an dieser Leitlinie bleibt ihr diagnoseübergreifender Ansatz. Zielgruppe der Leitlinie sind Menschen mit schweren psychischen Erkrankungen. Jedem praktisch Tätigen ist diese Gruppe von Patienten deutlich vor Augen. Menschen in dieser Zielgruppe leben mit einer schweren, längerfristigen psychischen Erkrankung. Die vorliegende S3-Leitlinie richtet ihren Blick auf psychosoziale Interventionen und die Krankheitsbewältigung von Menschen, die längere Zeit durch Symptome beeinträchtigt sind, deutliche Einschränkungen des sozialen Funktionsniveaus erleben und das Hilfesystem intensiv in Anspruch nehmen. Diese S3-Leitlinie sollte gemeinsam mit den diagnosebezogenen DGPPN-Leitlinien rezipiert werden.