Making evidence-based psychological treatments work with older adults
By: edited by Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781433811579
Subjects: Counseling of; Psychology; Psychotherapy for older people; Older people
Description: In this new release by geropsychology scholars Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah, researchers and clinicians come together in each chapter to discuss the prevalent psychological disorders that afflict this burgeoning population. Each chapter focuses on one of the major presenting problems anxiety, insomnia, depression, memory function, and behavioral disturbances. With researchers identifying successful evidence-based treatments (EBTs), and clinicians discussing how their specific expertise and flexibility maximized EBT fidelity while tailoring the EBT to the special needs and conditions of their older clients. Written for clinicians who specialize in psychotherapy and counseling with older adults, this timely book will also appeal to practitioners who work with elders in assisted-living facilities or in home settings. The final chapter of the book is devoted to family caregivers who also experience psychological symptoms in caring for an older parent or other relative.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Contributors; title: List of figures and tables; title: List of appendices; title: Introduction to evidence-based practice with older adults / Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah; title: Evidence-based psychological treatments for geriatric anxiety / Shiva G. Ghaed, Catherine R. Ayers, and Julie Loebach Wetherell; title: Evidence-based treatments for insomnia in older adults / Haley R. Dillon, Ryan G. Wetzler, and Kenneth I. Lichstein; title: Evidence-based psychological treatments for geriatric depression / Avani Shah, Forrest Scogin, and Mark Floyd; title: Evidence-based psychological treatments for improving memory function among older adults / George W. Rebok, Jeanine M. Parisi, Alden L. Gross, Adam P. Spira, Jean Ko, Quincy M. Samus, Jane S. Saczynski, Steve Koh, and Ronald E. Holtzman; title: Evidence-based treatments for behavioral disturbances in long-term care / Kim J. Curyto, Kelly Trevino, Suzann Ogland-Hand, and Peter Lichtenberg; title: Providing evidence-based psychological treatments for distress in family caregivers of older adults / David W. Coon, Maureen Keaveny, Irene Valverde, Shukofeh Dadvar, and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson; title: Index; title: About the editors.