Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Overview of Psychological Considerations in the Management of Patients with Chronic Respiratory Conditions; Introduction; Psychological Basis for Depression and Anxiety in Chronic Medical Condition; Dysphoria Associated with Diagnosis; Physiological Basis for Depression and Anxiety in Chronic Medical Condition; Summary; References; 2 Depression and Anxiety Across the Age Spectrum; Introduction to Anxiety and Mood Disorders and Their Symptoms; Symptomatology and Key Disorders; Anxiety; Mood; Adjustment; Prevalence

Lifetime Prevalence and Age of Onset of Psychiatric DiagnosesPrevalence of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults; Prevalence of Depressive and Anxious Symptoms in Older Adults; Pathophysiology; Special Considerations for Older Adults; Biopsychosocial Model; History of the Model; Modernization and Application to Psychiatric Symptoms and Disorders; Aging; Successful Aging; Global Aging Population; Depression/Anxiety in Aging: Changes to the Model; Risk Factors; Biologic; Psychological; Social; Change in Expectations with Age; Treatment; Types; Pharmacotherapy

Principles of Treatment in Aging LiteratureTreatment Preferences in Elderly Versus Younger Patients; Access to and Use of Mental Health Care in the Elderly Population; Primary Care Versus Mental Health Care; Stigma of Mental Health Care; Underreporting of Disease; Caregivers' Attitudes; Consequences; References; 3 Diagnostic Tools for Anxiety and Depression; Introduction; What Are the Potential Difficulties Associated with Detection?; Screening Tools for Anxiety and Depression; Assessment and Diagnostic Tools; Depression; Diagnostic Criteria for Major Depression

Geriatric Mental State Schedule (GMS)Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS); The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS); Brief Assessment Schedule Depression Cards (BASDEC); Centre Epidemiologic Scale for Depression (CES-D); Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); Anxiety; Diagnostic Criteria for Anxiety Syndromes; Steps for Anxiety and Depression Management; Extant Anxiety Scales; Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI); Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI); Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); Anxiety Inventory Respiratory Disease (AIR)

General Limitations of the ScalesValidation in Patients with COPD; Summary; References; 4 Anxiety and Depression in COPD Patients; Introduction; Epidemiology; Anxiety Disorders; Depression; Pathophysiology; Anxiety Disorders; Depression; Clinical Features and Implications of Psychological Disorders in COPD; Anxiety; Depression; Screening and Diagnosis; Anxiety Disorders; Depression; Treatment; Anxiety Disorders; Non-pharmacological Therapy; Pharmacotherapy; Depression; Non-pharmacological Therapy; Pharmacotherapy; Conclusion; References; 5 Depression and Anxiety in Adult Patients with Asthma