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Emerging issues in mental health and aging /

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The contributors cover such topics as promoting mental health policy, encouraging optimal health as people age, expanding and consolidating the scientific research in late-life psychiatric disorders, and increasing access to mental health services. Each chapter contains material of interest to psych...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Other Authors: Gatz, Margaret
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1995]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Older people > Mental health > United States.
Older people > Mental health services > United States.
Mental illness > Treatment > United States.
Mental illness > United States > Prevention.
Aged > United States.
Mental Health > United States.
Mental illness > Prevention.
Mental illness > Treatment.
Older people > Mental health.
Older people > Mental health services.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Arthur S. Flemming
  • Preface / Margaret Gatz
  • Introduction / Margaret Gatz
  • Ch. 1. Mental Health Policy and Older Americans: Historical and Current Perspectives / Anita L. Rosen, Jane Ann Pancake and Larry Rickards
  • Ch. 2. Efficacy of Clinical Treatment for Mental Disorders Among Older Persons / Lon S. Schneider
  • Ch. 3. Strengths and Limitations of Research on Late-Life Psychoses / Dilip V. Jeste, David Naimark, Maureen C. Halpain and Laurie A. Lindamer
  • Ch. 4. Stressors and Adaptation in Late Life / Leonard I. Pearlin and Marilyn McKean Skaff
  • Ch. 5. Importance of Self-Perceptions for Health Status Among Older Persons / Jana M. Mossey
  • Ch. 6. Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Disorders of the Elderly / Michael A. Smyer
  • Ch. 7. Let's Not Wait Till It's Broke: Interventions to Maintain and Enhance Mental Health in Late Life / Elinor Waters.