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1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages) : illustrations.
Relevant and accessible psychological services for aging adults are imperative, yet few mental health professionals are familiar enough with this rapidly growing population to provide quality care. Clinical Geropsychology, written for practicing clinicians, graduate students in training, and other scientifically informed mental health professionals, provides guidance for individuals working with aging populations.
Part I presents a theoretical anchoring across perspectives on psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. Part II provides brief introductions to an array of practical issues and life challenges in the lives of aging individuals. Part III provides practical advice on clinical assessment and intervention approaches to assisting older individuals and their families. This last section provides the reader with an introduction to various psychological interventions, clinical issues that typically arise and how best to address them, and topics that the therapist should consider in the clinical treatment of older adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Life-span developmental perspectives on aging: an introductory overview / Gary R. VandenBos -- Aging individuals and societal contexts / Elizabeth O. Burgess, Maria Schmeeckle, and Vern L. Bengtson -- Aging and personality traits: generalizations and clinical implications / Paul T. Costa, Jr., Jian Yung, and Robert R. McCrae -- Cognitive and information-processing perspectives on aging / Timothy A. Salthouse -- Psychoanalysis and the life course: development and intervention / Bertram J. Cohler -- Physical changes in the aging individual: clinical implications / Susan Krauss Whitbourne -- Coping with aging: individuality as a key to understanding / Richard S. Lazarus -- Caregiving to adults: a life event challenge / John C. Cavanaugh -- Friendships and social networks among older people / John C. Cavanaugh -- Sexuality and aging / Jorgen Bruun Pedersen -- Employment and potential midlife career crisis / Harvey L. Sterns and Jennifer H. Gray -- Retirement and retirement planning in old age / Raymond Bossé -- Domestic elder abuse and neglect / Rosalie S. Wolf -- Insomnia in older adults / Geir Hostmark Nielsen, Inger Hilde Nordhus, and Gerd Kvale -- Death, dying, and bereavement / Reidun Ingebretsen and Per Erik Solem -- Cognitive dysfunction and dementia / Pia Fromholt and Peter Bruhn -- Substance use and abuse in old age / Edith S. Lisansky Gomberg and Robert A. Zucker -- Anxiety in old age / Forrest R. Scogin -- Depression and depressive symptoms in old age / Julia E. Kasl-Godley, Margaret Gatz, and Amy Fiske -- Schizophrenia and psychosis in elderly populations / Bertram P. Karon and Gary R. VandenBos -- Psychological testing of older people / Daniel L. Segal, Frederick L. Coolidge, and Michel Hersen -- Neuropsychological assessment in old age / Knut Hestad, Bjorn Ellertsen, and Hallgrim Klove -- Psychotherapy with older adults / Inger Hilde Nordhus, Geir Hostmark Nielsen, and Gerd Kvale -- Psychotherapy with older adult families: the contexual, cohort-based maturity/specific challenge model / Bob G. Knight and T.J. McCallum -- Interventions in nursing homes and other alternative living settings / Steven H. Zarit, Melissa M. Dolan, and Sara A. Leitsch -- Family caregiving: stresses, social programs, and clinical interventions / Steven H. Zarit, Lennarth Johansson, and Shannon E. Jarrott.
edited by Inger Hilde Nordhus ... [and others].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c1998