Mental Disorders in Older Adults: Fundamentals of Assessment and Treatment

by Judy M. Zarit and Steven H. Zarit

Book Overview

Illustrated with abundant clinical material, this book provides essential knowledge and skills for effective mental health practice with older adults. It demonstrates how to evaluate and treat frequently encountered clinical problems in this population, including dementias, mood and anxiety disorders, and paranoid symptoms. Strategies are presented for implementing psychosocial interventions and integrating them with medications. The book also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609182324
• ISBN13: 9781609182328
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A helpful reference for teachers and families

This book provides helpful insight into the mental disorders that afflict many elderly people. This can be useful to both educators and family members who are concerned about mental illness affecting the elderly. Teachers and professors can use this to help prepare family studies and human development students for problems that they may encounter in their work. Furthmore, families that are dealing with aging parents or loved ones can use this book to help understand what is going on and how to deal with them in a caring way. This book provides excellent case examples and analysis and I would reccomend it to anyone with an interest or connection in the field.

THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN!!!

This may be the finest book I've ever read. It really let's the common person learn about that entity known as "old people". Who would have thought that they were just like us normal folk?!