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Over the last two decades, the number of persons over 65 has increased by 65%. Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology focuses attention on how the contributions of clinical psychology address the problems faced by this enormous population. In the first part, chapters cover a historical perspective, cli...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hersen, Michel, Van Hasselt, Vincent B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1998]
Series:Plenum series in adult development and aging.
Subjects:
Geriatric psychiatry > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Older people > Mental health > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Clinical psychology > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Mental Disorders > therapy.
Mental Disorders.
Aged > psychology.
Aged.
Geriatric Psychiatry > methods.
Gerontologie.
Geriatrie.
Clinical psychology.
Geriatric psychiatry.
Older people > Mental health.
Electronic books.
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Historical perspectives / Joan M. Cook, Michel Hersen, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt
  • Clinical geropsychology and U.S. federal policy / Gary R. VandenBos and Patrick H. DeLeon
  • Psychodynamic issues / Howard D. Lerner
  • The value of behavioral perspectives in treating older adults / Larry W. Dupree and Lawrence Schonfeld
  • Moral and ethical considerations in geropsychology / Michael Lavin and Bruce D. Sales
  • Normal memory aging / Katie E. Cherry, Anderson D. Smith
  • Dementia / Charles J. Golden and Antonia Chronopolous
  • Substance abuse disorders / Ted D. Nirenberg, Edith S. Lisansky-Gomberg and Tony Cellucci
  • Schizophrenia / Stephen J. Bartels, Kim T. Mueser, and Keith M. Miles
  • Depression / Patricia A. Areán, Heather Uncapher, and Derek Satre
  • Anxiety disorders / Melinda A. Stanley and J. Gayle Beck
  • Sexual dysfunction / Nathaniel McConaghy
  • Sleep disturbances in late life / Charles M. Morin, France C. Blais and Véronique Mimeault
  • Personality disorders / Bunny Falk and Daniel L. Segal
  • Aging and mental retardation / Ellen M. Cotter and Louis D. Burgio
  • Behavioral medicine interventions with older adults / Mary J. Gage and Anthony J. Goreczny
  • Health and well-being in retirement : a summary of theories and their implications / William S. Shaw, Thomas L. Patterson, Shirley Semple and Igor Grant
  • Pain management / Debra S. Morley and David I. Mostofsky
  • The experience of bereavement by older adults / Patricia A. Wisocki
  • Marriage and divorce / Gary R. Birchler and William Fals-Stewart
  • Family caregiving : stress, coping, and intervention / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, David W. Coon, Patricia Rivera, David Powers, and Antonette M. Zeiss
  • Prevention / Peter V. Rabins
  • Minority issues / Sherrill L. Sellers, James S. Jackson and Cheryl Burns Hardison
  • Physical activity / Warren W. Tryon
  • Approaches to diagnosis and treatment of elder abuse and neglect / Ronald D. Adelman, Henna Siddiqui, and Nancy Foldi.