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Edited by Inger Hilde Nordhus, Gary R. VandenBos, Stig Berg, and Pia Fromholt
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LIST PRICE: $29.95
MEMBER/AFFILIATE PRICE: $24.95
371 pages
ITEM #: 4318750
ISBN: 1-55798-519-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-55798-519-4
PUBLICATION DATE: May 1998
EDITION: Hardcover
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Relevant and accessible psychological services for aging adults are imperative, yet few mental health professionals are familiar enough with this rapidly growing population to provide quality care. Clinical Geropsychology, written for practicing clinicians, graduate students in training, and other scientifically informed mental health professionals, provides invaluable guidance for individuals working with aging populations.
The book begins with a theoretical anchoring across perspectives on psychological and behavioral aspects of aging such as life-span developmental, cognitive, sociological, and physiological psychology. Practical realities and life challenges are then explored in chapters on sexuality, marriage, elder abuse, dementia, depression, employment, retirement, and several other topics. These chapters provide an experiential sense of problems as well as data on incidence and prevalence. The book ends with nuts-and-bolts advice on psychological assessment, neuropsychological assessment, individual therapy, and family therapy with older adults.
Book Review
With the world's population living longer, it is very important that clinical psychologists become more aware of the unique physical and psychological problems faced by older people. This book represents clinical geropsychology "coming of age," especially when it is coupled with a recognition of increased research, more doctoral-level geropsychology programs, and more postdoctoral positions become available…Many myths about the "usual course" of aging exist, and this sort of book will help to dispel them.
—Psychological Reports, 1999, 84, 351
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