Mental Disorders in Older Adults: Fundamentals of Assessment and TreatmentGuilford Press, 29. ožu 2011. - Broj stranica: 468 Illustrated with abundant clinical material, this book provides essential knowledge and skills for effective mental health practice with older adults. It demonstrates how to evaluate and treat frequently encountered clinical problems in this population, including dementias, mood and anxiety disorders, and paranoid symptoms. Strategies are presented for implementing psychosocial interventions and integrating them with medications. The book also describes insightful approaches for supporting family caregivers and addresses the nuts and bolts of consulting in institutional settings. Combining their expertise as a researcher and an experienced clinician, the authors offer a unique perspective on the challenges facing older adults and how to help them lead more fulfilling and independent lives. Three reproducible forms can also be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
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... cognitive training result from improved use of cognitive resources or whether cognitive stimulation produces new neural synapses (e.g., Diamond, Johnson, Protti, Ott, & Kajisa, 1985). Finally, cognitive change in late life may be ...
... cognitive resources necessary for pro- cessing information decline with aging . According to Craik ( 1994 ) , age differ- ences are more pronounced on tasks that provide fewer cues during learning and retrieval , or what he calls ...
... cognitive strategies that enhance their resources. Strategies have included organizing a list of words into categories or employing a visual association strategy to link words in a list. These approaches have generally had positive ...
... COGNITIVE PROBLEMS Our discussion of disorders of aging starts with dementia because it is the most devastating ... cognitive symptoms and so are often mistaken for dementia — and mild cognitive impairment , which is believed to be an ...
... cognitive symptoms in other psychiatric disorders , such as depression , tend to be transitory . Finally , dementia involves deficits in multi- ple cognitive functions — language , memory , visual - spatial skills , and general ...
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Mood and Anxiety Disorders | 78 |
Other Common Mental Health Problems in Later Life | 99 |
The Clinical Interview | 115 |
Psychological Testing for Differential Diagnosis | 153 |
Foundations of Treatment | 189 |
Treatment of Anxiety Symptoms | 263 |
Treatment of Paranoid Symptoms | 281 |
Treatment of Dementia | 299 |
Family Caregiving | 321 |
Consultation in Institutional Settings | 351 |
Ethical Issues in Geriatric Psychology | 380 |
References | 397 |
Index | 451 |
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Mental Disorders in Older Adults: Fundamentals of Assessment and Treatment Steven H. Zarit,Judy M. Zarit Ograničeni pregled - 2011 |