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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... involved or when the person lives in an institution. Some issues are more complicated in later life, such as how to assess consent for treatment when someone is cognitively impaired and making end-of-life decisions. Working with older ...
... involvement in careers and developing families compared with the older cohort and probably also contributed to their gaining self-confidence at a later age. Recognizing the limitations of longitudinal studies, Schaie (1967, 2005; Schaie ...
... involved in a particular situation. Second, when given the opportunity to talk through their responses with a peer and then reflect on them, older people improved much more than youn- ger people did (Staudinger & Baltes, 1996). Of ...
... . Memory is not a unitary process but a set of interrelated systems that are involved in processing information (Smith, 1996). These systems can be Short - term memory Long - term memory Episodic Sensory Normal Processes of Aging 27.
... involved in performing a series of actions ; for example , how to ride a bicycle . These distinctions in types of long - term memory reflect differences in neural organization and storage of information . Although there are some age ...
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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 |