Clinical geropsychology / edited by Inger Hilde Nordhus [and others].

Other author Nordhus, Inger Hilde.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoWashington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©1998.
Descriptionxvii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 27 m.
Subjects

Contents Life-span developmental perspectives on aging: an introductory overview / Gary R. VandenBos -- Aging individuals and societal contexts / Elizabeth O. Burgess, Maria Schmeeckle, and Vern L. Bengtson -- Aging and personality traits: generalizations and clinical implications / Paul T. Costa, Jian Yung, and Robert R. McCrae -- Cognitive and information-processing perspectives on aging / Timothy A. Salthouse -- Psychoanalysis and the life course: development and intervention / Bertram J. Cohler -- Physical changes in the aging individual: clinical implications / Susan Krauss Whitbourne -- Coping with aging: individuality as a key to understanding / Richard S. Lazarus -- Caregiving to adults: a life event challenge / John C. Cavanaugh -- Frienships and social networks among older people / John C. Cavanaugh -- Sexuality and aging / Jorgen Bruun Pedersen -- Employment and potential midlife career crisis / Harvey L. Sterns and Jennifer H. Gray -- Retirement and retirement planning in old age / Raymond Bossé -- Domestic elder abuse and neglect / Rosalie S. Wolf -- Insomnia in older adults / Geir Hostmark Nielsen, Inger Hilde Nordhus, and Gerd Kvale -- Death, dying, and bereavement / Reidun Ingebretsen and Per Erik Solem -- Cognitive dysfunction and dementia / Pia Fromholt and Peter Bruhn -- Substance use and abuse in old age / Edith S. Lisansky Gomberg and Robert A. Zucker -- Anxiety in old age / Forrest R. Scogin -- Depression and depressive symptoms in old age / Julia E. Kasl-Godley, Margaret Gatz, and Amy Fiske -- Schizophrenia and psychosis in elderly populations / Bertram P. Karon and Gary R. VandenBos -- Psychological testing of older people / Daniel L. Segal, Frederick L. Coolidge, and Michel Hersen -- Neuropsychological assessment in old age / Knut Hestad, Bjorn Ellertsen, and Hallgrim Klove -- Psychotherapy with older adults / Inger Hilde Nordhus, Geir Hostmark Nielsen, and Gerd Kvale -- Psychotherapy with older adult families: the contexual, cohort-based maturity/specific challenge model / Bob G. Knight and T. J. McCallum -- Interventions in nursing homes and other alternative living settings / Steven H. Zarit, Melissa M. Dolan, and Sara A. Leitsch -- Family caregivign: stresses, social programs, and clinical interventions / Steven H. Zarit, Lennarth Johansson, and Shannon E. Jarrott.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98014132
ISBN1557985197 (hardcover)