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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... person, we use the first-person pronouns “I” and “me” in all the examples. What constitutes the basic knowledge needed for practice with older adults? We believe the starting point is being able to recognize when a client is suffering ...
... person's current problems in the context of a lifetime of experiences and learning. These past experiences can provide information both about the origins of cur- rent problems and resources for their solution. In this chapter, we begin ...
... person in a married couple becomes ill or disabled , the spouse is likely to take on caregiving responsibility ... persons . In contrast , due to increasing rates of illness and disability with advancing age , people 75 and older were ...
... person's world—for instance, understanding what it was like to grow up poor during the Great Depression—we can establish empathy and better identify strengths that we can build on. The lifespan developmental perspective (e.g., Baltes ...
... person may deliberately try to learn information for later retrieval , or the person may acquire information without any deliberate effort . Long - term memory can be divided into episodic , semantic , and procedural systems . Episodic ...
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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 |