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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... effects of medical illnesses on psychological problems in later life and the uses and limits of psychoactive medications, the mental health professional can be a more effective collaborator with physicians. Nonphysicians should not, of ...
... effects of contaminated food or water, or, for women, from complications of childbirth. Improvements made at the beginning of the 20th century in public health and control of infectious dis- eases had a dramatic effect on the prospect ...
... effects of aging. Another possibility is that current social and historical events, or what are called “period effects,” influ- ence their behavior differently than they do that of the 20-year-olds. Older people, for example, may be ...
... effects. One cohort, for example, may score particularly high or low on a specific abil- ity or may show a unique pattern of change over time. The same historical event could also affect cohorts in different ways, because the timing of ...
... effect. An example is the emergence of AIDS in the 1980s, which may have affected sexual attitudes in the population ... effects of historical events. Life-Course and Lifespan Approaches to Aging Life-course and lifespan models of aging ...
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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 |