UID:
almahu_9948025757902882
Format:
1 online resource (423 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-28932-2
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9786612289323
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0-08-095853-2
Series Statement:
Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional
Content:
At a time when the mental health difficulties/disorders of the elderly are coming to the fore of many practitioners' patient rosters, naming and treating those problems is still too often handled as an art as much as a science. Inconsistent practices based on clinical experience and intuition rather than hard scientific evidence of efficacy have for too long been the basis of much treatment. Evidence-based practices help to alleviate some of the confusion, allowing the practitioner to develop quality practice guidelines that can be applied to the client, identify appropriate literature that ca
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychotherapy for an Aging Population; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Psychosocial Perspectives of Aging; Chapter 1 Aging in America: Psychosocial Treatment Issues; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Some Demographics of Aging; 1.3 Future Growth of Older Adults; 1.4 Common Emotional Problems Experienced by Older Adults; 1.5 Studies of Counseling and Psychotherapy Use by Older Adults; 1.6 Older Adults Benefit from Human Service Interventions; 1.7 A Personal Story: The Reality of Rural Health Care
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1.8 Summary1.9 Questions from the Chapter; Chapter 2 Successful Aging; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Definitions of Successful Aging; 2.3 Achieving Successful Aging; 2.4 Optimism as an Aspect of Successful Aging; 2.5 Resilience as an Aspect of Successful Aging; 2.6 Attributes of Resilient People; 2.7 Coping with Stress Improves Successful Aging; 2.8 Personal Story: An Example of Successful Aging: Life in the Slow Lane; 2.9 Summary; 2.10 Questions from the Chapter; Part II: Understanding Evidence-Based Practice
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Chapter 3 An Explanation of Evidence-Based Practice and its Application to Clinical Work with Older Adults3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Current State of Clinical Practice; 3.3 Defining Evidence-Based Practice; 3.4 Concerns about Evidence-Based Practice from the Practice Community; 3.5 Responses to Criticisms of Evidence-Based Practice; 3.6 Why Practitioners Sometimes Resist the Use of EBP; 3.7 Is Evidence-Based Practice Applicable to the Human Services?; 3.8 A Personal Story: Life is Good At 86; 3.9 Summary; 3.10 Questions from the Chapter
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Chapter 4 Using Evidence-Based Practice to Diagnosis and Assess Psychosocial Difficulties in Older Adults4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Diagnostic Checklists; 4.3 An Evidence-Based Practice Psychosocial Assessment Using the Strengths Perspective with Older Adult Clients; 4.4 Summary; 4.5 Questions from the Chapter; Chapter 5 Evidence-Based Practice and the Client-Worker Relationship with Older Adults; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Defining the Therapeutic Relationship; 5.3 Evidence of the Importance of the Therapeutic Relationship to Treatment Outcomes
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5.4 Special Concerns About the Therapeutic Relationship with Older Adults5.5 Gender and the Therapeutic Relationships; 5.6 Racial and Ethnic Variables in Therapeutic Effectiveness; 5.7 Summary; 5.8 Questions from the Chapter; Part III: Evidence-Based Practice and Psychosocial Problems of Older Adults; Chapter 6 Love and Intimacy in Older Adulthood; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Sex and Intimacy; 6.3 Natural Changes may Affect Intimacy; 6.4 Suggestions for Helping Older Adults Improve their Sex Lives; 6.5 Determining the Cause of Sexual Difficulties in Older Adults
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6.6 Love in a Time of Older Adulthood: A Personal Story
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-374937-9
Language:
English
