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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... difficult cases , and especially Michael M. Kiel , who helped us take a fresh look at geri- atric neuropsychological assessment . Steven thanks his colleagues in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania ...
... difficult to conduct studies that cover the full range of adulthood and old age. Another problem is that selective attrition can bias the findings; the people who subsequently drop out of a longitudinal study may have been less 18 ...
... difficult time keeping track of names and appointments or whether they have declined in recent years. Intra- individual differences, by comparison, refer to the patterns among an individ- ual's abilities. An individual may experience ...
... difficult for people to learn and remember because information is not perceived easily or accurately at input . " Short - term memory " comprises two related processes : primary memory and working memory . Primary memory refers to ...
... difficult to recall , but it may still be possible to recognize correct answers based on the partial memory traces that were formed . Whatever the reason for these differences , older people will perform better on tasks involv- ing ...
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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 |