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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... reported considerable differences between old and young. Using cross-sectional data from adults who took the original or the revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS and WAIS-R; Wechsler, 1987), researchers generally reported ...
... reported that over 60% of participants over the age of 60 were stable or showed improved per- formance over the 7-year period between assessments. The proportion of peo- ple showing a decline between assessments increases with advancing ...
... reported a high degree of continuity in their core selves, but acknowledged some changes in specific characteristics. Changes were both positive and negative. In a similar analysis done by Costa and McCrae (1989), most people reported ...
... reported in many other studies (e.g., Gross et al., 1997; Lawton et al., 1992). Carstensen (1992; Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999) has pro- posed that older people maximize their well-being not just through control of emotional ...
... reported complaints about their mothers but that mothers mainly emphasized positive features of their relationships with daughters. Fingerman posited that older women could not acknowledge to an interviewer, and perhaps to themselves ...
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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 |