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This volume presents the foundational knowledge and skills that mental health practitioners need to meet the growing needs of our aging population. Thorough coverage is provided of normal aging processes and their effects on intellectual functioning, memory, personality, and other areas. Common psychological problems are discussed, and a comprehensive framework for evaluation and treatment is delineated. Outlining helpful concepts and approaches to guide psychotherapeutic work with this population, the book describes ways to coordinate psychological interventions with psychiatric treatment and supportive services. A special section is devoted to working with families on alleviating caregiver stress, simplifying the senior's living environment, and weighing difficult decisions about the level of assistance a loved one may need. Other topics covered include working as a consultant in nursing homes and dealing with ethical questions around confidentiality and end-of-life issues. An essential resource for clinicians, this book also serves as a text for courses in psychology and aging, gerontology, and geriatric psychology.

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• 1 Introduction: Clinical Practice with Older Adults
• 2 Normal Processes of Aging
• 3 Disorders of Aging: Dementia, Delirium, and Other Cognitive Problems
• 4 Mood and Anxiety Disorders
• 5 Other Common Mental Health Problems in Later Life
• 6 The Clinical Interview
• 7 Psychological Testing for Differential Diagnosis and Capacity Evaluations
• 8 Foundations of Treatment
• 9 Treatment of Depression
• 10 Treatment of Anxiety Symptoms
• 11 Treatment of Paranoid Symptoms
• 12 Treatment of Dementia
• 13 Family Caregiving
• 14 Consultation in Institutional Settings
• 15 Ethical Issues in Geriatric Psychology

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Zarit and Zarit provide a comprehensive and readable resource for clinicians and clinical students who work with older people and their families. They divide the book into assessment and treatment sections. Coverage of assessment includes the normal aging process, cognitive disorders, psychiatric disorders, and comparisons between young and old people who have the same disorder. In dealing with treatment, the authors focus on issues unique in practice with older people, including effects of medical problems and medication, involvement of family members, consultation in nursing homes, and ethical concerns such as confidentiality and end-of-life issues. Zarit and Zarit make good use of case examples to support their exposition. Their book will be useful to upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty in psychology, social work, and gerontology, as well as to practitioners. H. L. Minton; University of Windsor

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Steven H. Zarit, PhD, earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1972, with an emphasis in adult development and aging. He is Professor of Human Development and Assistant Director of the Gerontology Center at Pennsylvania State University and is also Adjunct Professor at the University College of Health Sciences, Sweden. His research, teaching and clinical practice has focused on issues in later life, particularly dementia and family caregiving.

Judy M. Zarit, PhD, earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Aging at the University of Southern California in 1982. She has been in private practice in State College, Pennsylvania since 1986, specializing in neuropsychological assessment of dementia and clinical interventions with older adults. She provides consultation services to nursing homes, dementia units, and assisted living facilities.