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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... Abilities Test (PMA; Schaie, 1985; Thurstone & Thurstone, 1949). The PMA has five components: verbal meaning, spatial orientation, inductive reasoning, number ability, and word fluency. Higher order factors correspond to fluid and ...
... ability show decrements between testing intervals beginning at age 53 and declines on other PMA tests appear after age 60 (Schaie, 1996, 2005). Why do the cross-sectional and longitudinal findings differ so much? First, generational, or ...
... abilities after age 60. Having a spouse with high intellectual ability also contributes to stability in later life. Disuse of intellectual abilities may also contribute to the rate and amount of decline. To test this hypothesis, Schaie ...
... ability to identify what is important in the situation and to help them make a decision. Many cultures believe that some elders have special insight into major life problems. Although cognitive aging studies usually focus on decline, it ...
... abilities associated with aging probably do not affect performance of familiar activities. Competency to perform many com- plicated intellectual activities in everyday life shows little decline with aging (Salthouse, 1990). Age effects ...
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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 |