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New trends in mental healthcare practice and a rapid increase in the aged population are causing an explosion in the fields of clinical gerontology and geropsychology today. This comprehensive second edition handbook offers clinicians and graduate students clear guidelines and reliable tools for assessing general mental health, cognitive functioning, functional age, psychosocial health, comorbidity, behavior deficits, and more. Psychopathology, behavioral disorders, changes in cognition, and changes in everyday functioning are addressed in full, and a wide range of conditions and disorders common to this patient population are covered. Each chapter provides an empirical review of assessment instruments, assessment scales in their totality, a review of how these instruments are used with and adapted for different cultural groups, illustration of assessments through case studies, and information on how to utilize ongoing assessment in treatment and/or treatment planning. This combination of elements will make the volume the definitive assessment source for clinicians working with elderly patients. *The most comprehensive source of up-to-date data on gerontological assessment, with review articles covering: psychopathology, behavioral disorders, changes in cognition, and changes in everyday functioning *Consolidates broadly distributed literature into single source, saving researchers and clinicians time in obtaining and translating information and improving the level of further research and care they can provide *Chapters directly address the range of conditions and disorders most common for this patient population - i.e. driving ability, mental competency, sleep, nutrition, sexual functioning, demntias, elder abuse, depression, anxiety disorders, etc *Fully informs readers regarding conditions most commonly encountered in real world treatment of an elderly patient population *Each chapter cites case studies to illustrate assessment techniques *Exposes reader to real-world application of each assessment discussed.

Table of Contents:

• Assessment of depression and bereavement in older adults / Barry A. Edelstein, Lisa W. Drozdick, Caroline M. Ciliberti
• Assessment of anxiety in older adults / Cheryl Carmin, Raymond L. Ownby
• Psychotherapy with older adults: the importance of assessment / Lee Hyer ... [et al.]
• Assessment of personality disorders in older adults / Thomas F. Oltmanns, Steve Balsis
• Assessing psychosis in acute and chronic mentally ill older adults / Colin A. Depp ... [et al.]
• Dementia syndromes in the older adult / Carol A. Manning, Jamie K. Ducharme
• Delirium assessment in older adults / Chriscelyn M. Tussey, Donna K. Broshek, Bernice A. Marcopulos
• Assessment of cognitive training / George W. Rebok ... [et al.]
• The assessment of elder abuse / Elizabeth J. Santos, Deborah A. King
• Assessment of dementia family caregivers / Carey Wexler Sherman ... [et al.]
• Assessment with late-life families: issues and instruments / Brian D. Carpenter, Elizabeth A. Mulligan
• Screening, assessing and intervening for alcohol and medication misuse in older adults / Kristen Lawton Barry, Frederic C. Blow
• Assessment and conceptualization of sexuality among older adults / Linda R. Mona ... [et al.]
• Nutrition in the elderly / Kathryn E. Brogan, K.-L. Catherine Jen
• Assessment of agitation in older adults / Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Lori Schindel Martin
• Assessing sleep problems of older adults / Tracy Treverrow
• Treatment adherence in late-life / Erin E. Emery ... [et al.]
• Geriatric neuropsychological assessment / John L. Woodard
• Screening instruments and brief and batteries for dementia / Benjamin T. Mast, Adam Gerstenecker
• Cognitive assessment in late stage dementia / Cameron J. Camp ... [et al.]

• Assessing the personal preferences of persons with dementia / Carol Whitlatch
• Assessment of capacity / Jennifer Moye, Michelle Braun
• Household and neighborhood safety, mobility / Catherine L. Lysack
• Pain assessment and management in older adults / Theodore K. Malmstrom, Raymond C. Tait
• Assessments in driver rehabilitation / Joseph M. Pellerito, Jr.

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Contributors:

Lichtenberg, Peter A.

NetLibrary, Inc.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Geriatric psychiatry — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Older people — Psychological testing — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Psychodiagnostics — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Geriatric psychiatry

Older people — Psychological testing

Older people

Psychodiagnostics

Genres:

Handbooks and manuals

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 734 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

RC451.4.A5 H358 2010eb

ISBNs:

9780080959726 (electronic bk.)
0080959725 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

823847209
652755000 [Invalid]