Book Description

This pioneering text is the only book to comprehensively explore both research and practice in the psychology of aging and to bring home the actual aging experience through the use of innovative narrative accounts. Because she limits coverage to the older years, Janet Belsky's text is able to offer an in-depth portrait of all aspects of the field--from traditional research, to concrete applications, to the crucial issues we as a society face as our population ages. With chapters constructed to unfold like a novel, this third edition of THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING genuinely integrates the field, highlighting the interconnections between concepts, research, and applications. These interconnections offer students a sense of an evolving, coherent discipline. The book is carefully planned to bring home how research applies to real lives. Belsky skillfully uses personal examples to highlight how concepts apply to people, and goes beyond the research to conduct her own interviews with aging professionals and older adults. Scholarly, research-oriented, and intellectually stimulating, THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING, offers a rare, inside glimpse into the field of aging and the aging experience as it is actually lived.

Review

"...this multiauthored text covers a wide range of topics and would be a useful reference for researchers and clinicans who have an interest in or work with older adults."
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY

Praise for the previous edition:
"...the Fourth Edition of this Handbook continues to make a valuable contribution to the ever-expanding gerontology knowledge base... the strength of the volume is in its well-chosen topics, and excellent reviews of current and essential historical research in each content area."
JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY

Book Description

Univ. of California, Los Angeles. Pocket-sized quick reference for clinical psychiatrists treating elderly patients with psychiatric disorders. Includes coverage of normal aging, mood disorders, dementias, anxiety disorders, late-onset psychosis, and more. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover.

About the Author

James E. Spar, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, and Director of Residency Education in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine.

Book Description

This valuable resource makes it easier than ever for clinicians to create formal treatment plans that satisfy all the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payers, and state and federal review agencies. Focusing on psychological problems that require treatment in inpatient, partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient settings, this planner provides treatment planning components for 35 serious adult and adolescent behavioral disorders. Following the user-friendly format found in the bestselling The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, it helps to prevent treatment plan rejection by insurers and HMOs, and brings heightened focus to the treatment process.

Provides behavioral definitions, long- and short-term goals and objectives, therapeutic interventions, and DSM-IV diagnoses for serious mental disorders in adults and adolescents

* Organized by 35 major presenting problems and containing more than 1,000 polished treatment plan components
* Designed for quick reference—treatment plan components can be created from behavioral problem or DSM-IV diagnosis
* Features a workbook format that offers plenty of space to record customized goals, objectives, and interventions
* Provides a thorough introduction to treatment planning, plus a sample plan that can be emulated in writing plans that meet all requirements of third-party payers and accrediting agencies, including the JCAHO.

Review

"...an excellent source book that covers just about every topic in the area of mental disorders affecting the elderly....The text is enhanced by enlightening anecdotes and examples....This book will serve as an excellent text for graduate students and beginning gerontologists, and I suspect it will stimulate many readers to enter the rewarding specialty of treating the elderly." --American Journal of Psychotherapy
"...the book has much to recommend it. Two accomplished practitioners and researchers offer a spirited and holistic approach to working with older adults. Their optimism will go a long way in inspiring our students and in helping established practitioners to take a fresh approach toward a range of problems." --Aging & Mental Health

Book Description

Saves you hours of painstaking paperwork, while providing optimum latitude in developing customized care and treatment plans for the unique needs of older patients

Following the same format as the bestselling The Complete Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, this invaluable sourcebook supplies all of the essential building blocks you need to create focused, formal treatment plans that satisfy all of the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payers, and state and federal review agencies. Organized around 27 main presenting problems, from dementia and depression to the psychological impact of physical decline, this book features:

* Thousands of well-crafted statements to choose from, describing goals and treatment options for cognitive, behavioral, and mood disorders detailed in the minimum data set required by HCFA
* A sample plan that can be emulated in writing plans that meet all requirements of third-party payers and accrediting agencies
* A presenting problem list that includes all relevant DSM-IV categories
* A quick-reference format that allows you to locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem or DSM-IV diagnosis
* Large workbook-style pages affording plenty of space to record your own customized goals, objectives, and interventions

Book Description

A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique

Few mental health professionals are adequately trained to meet the unique needs of the 65-plus age-group. Written by experts--and in some cases pioneers--in the field, Treating the Elderly is filled with the most up-to-date information needed for developing the skills necessary to work with the special needs and sensibilities of this population.

Filled with proven clinical techniques and strategies for helping clients deal with the most common emotional problems and issues of aging such as


* onset depression and anxiety
* the effect of physical decline and illness
* changing sexuality
* intermediate and long-term care
* problems of competence and cognitive decline
* insomnia