Full Description
In this edited volume, geropsychology scholars Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah bring researchers and clinicians together to discuss the prevalent psychological disorders that afflict older adults.
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.
Contents
Contributors
List of Figures and Tables
List of Appendices
Introduction to Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Older Adults
Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah
Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Geriatric Anxiety
Shiva G. Ghaed, Catherine R. Ayers, and Julie Loebach Wetherell
Evidence-Based Treatments for Insomnia in Older Adults
Haley R. Dillon, Ryan G. Wetzler, and Kenneth I. Lichstein
Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Geriatric Depression
Avani Shah, Forrest Scogin, and Mark Floyd
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
Evidence-Based Treatments for Behavioral Disturbances in Long-Term Care
Kim J. Curyto, Kelly M. Trevino, Suzann Ogland-Hand, and Peter Lichtenberg
Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments for Distress in Family Caregivers of Older Adults
David W. Coon, Maureen Keaveny, Irene Rivera Valverde, Shukofeh Dadvar, and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
Index
About the Editors
