Clinical Gerontology

A Guide to Assessment and Intervention

T.L. Brink (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

532 Seiten

1986
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-86656-536-3 (ISBN)

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Here is a major text in psychogeriatrics for all professionals in the field of aging and mental health. Leading authorities provide valuable insights into assessment and intervention techniques for use with the mentally impaired elderly. Topics include a depression scale for use in later life, family therapy, therapy in later life, and various issues concerning mental health care for the aged.

T.L. Brink

Contents
Preface

ASSESSMENT OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENT
Reasons for Low Utilization of Mental Health Services by the Elderly
Spatial Competence: Assessment of Route-Finding, Route-Learning, and Topographical Memory in Normal Aging
The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery and Aging
The Clinical Use of Projective Techniques with the Aged: A Critical Review and Synthesis
DEPRESSION SCALES FOR USE IN LATER LIFE
Directions for Clinical-Psychosocial Assessment of Depression in the Elderly
Use of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale with Older Adults
Use of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale in the Elderly
The Beck Depression Inventory and Older Adults: Review of Its Development and Utility
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS): Recent Evidence and Development of a Shorter Version
A Brief MMPI Depression Screening Scale for the Elderly
Assessment of Mood and Affect in the Elderly: The Depression Adjective Check List and the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List
Assessment of Pessimism and Despair in the Elderly: A Geriatric Scale of Hopelessness
THERAPY IN LATER LIFE
Psychodynamic Therapy with the Aged: A Review
Application of Gestalt Therapy to Group Work with the Aged
Cognitive Therapy with Older Adults
Group Therapy with Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
Lithium Groups and Elderly Bipolar Outpatients
Pet-Facilitated Therapies: A Review of the Literature and Clinical Implementation Considerations
FAMILY THERAPY
The Functional-Age Model of Intergenerational Therapy: A Social Casework Model
The Techniques and Contexts of Multigenerational Therapy
Understanding the Family Coping with Alzheimer’s Disease: An Application of Theory to Intervention
Support Groups for Male Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Patients
RELATED TOPICS
Later Life Personality Model: Diagnosis and Treatment
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Hidden Syndrome in Elders
Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain in the Elderly
Clinical Application of Biofeedback Techniques for the Elderly
Suicide in the Elderly: Assessment and Intervention
Drug Effects in Alzheimer’s Disease
Some Ethical Issues in Dementia Care
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.1986
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	975 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-86656-536-1 / 0866565361
ISBN-13	978-0-86656-536-3 / 9780866565363
Zustand	Neuware