Mental health is increasingly being recognized as an important issue in laterlife. This valuable book will help you examine this dimension of aging in thecontex... » 

Mental health is increasingly being recognized as an important issue in laterlife. This valuable book will help you examine this dimension of aging in thecontext of pastoral spiritual and cultural issues. It explores therelationship between mental health spirituality and religion in later lifeincluding the search for meaning cultural issues spiritual issuesdepression dementia and issues of suicide in older people. The first part ofMental Health and Spirituality in Later Life focuses on theology ethics andcultural issues in mental health and aging. The second part addresses issues ofmultidisciplinary practice including a challenging chapter written by a womanwith early onset dementia Alzheimers and other chapters that presentperspectives on the uses and meanings of ritual and symbolism in mental healthand pastoral approaches to care. «