Handbook of the Clinical Psychology of Ageing

by Woods, Robert T.; Clare, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780470012307
• ISBN10: 0470012307
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

The first authoritative reference on clinical psychology and aging, the Handbook of the Clinical Psychology of Ageing was universally regarded as a landmark publication when it was first published in 1996. Fully revised and updated, the Second Edition retains the breadth of coverage of the original, providing a complete and balanced picture of all areas of clinical research and practice with older people. Contributions from the UK , North America, Scandinavia and Australia provide a broad overview of the psychology of aging, psychological problems (including depression, anxiety, psychosis, and dementia), the current social service context, and assessment and intervention techniques.

Author Biography

Bob Woods has been practising as a clinical psychologist with older people for over 30 years. His interest was activated prior to clinical training by his experience working initially as a clinical psychologist in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where the is a strong tradition of old age research. Subsequently he combined extensive clinical work with older people with academic appointment at the Institute of Psychiatry. London and University College, London. In both settings he was heavily involved in training clinical psychologist in work with older people. in 1996, he was appointed to the first Chair in Clinical Psychology with Older People in the UK, At the University of Wales, Bangor, where he is also-Co-Director of the Dementia services Development Centre Wales, Academic Directors of the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme and Director of the Wales Dementias Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (NEURODEM Cymru). His publications have included over 120 books, book chapters and journal articles, and his research has included studies on both depression and dementia,on assessment and therapeutic approaches, and on family caregivers. he received the Alzheimer's Society therapeutic approaches, and on family caregivers. He received the Alzhemier's Society therapeutic approaches, and on family caregivers. He received the Alzheimer's Society twenty-fifth Anniversary Award "for contributions to the Alzheimer's Society and to the twenty-fifth Anniversary Award 'for contributions to the Alzheimer's Society and to the cause of people with dementia and their careers in 2004, and the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology M B Shapiro Award, for a career contribution to the development of clinical psychology in 2006. He continues o work clinically, in the Bangor memory Clinic.

Linda Clare is a chartered clinical psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist. She holds the post of Reader in Psychology at the School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, interests focus primarily on the theoretical and clinical issues surrounding awareness and self-concept, the impact of progressive cognitive impairment on self and relationship and the potential of neuropsychological rehabilitation for people with early-stage dementia. Her career and recent research focuses on the application of cognitive rehabilitation for people with early stage dementia, on the implications and impact of differing feels of people with early sage dementia, on the implications and impact of differing levels of awareness in people with early-stage dementia, and on issue sin family caregiving. She has also published a substantial set of qualitative studies analyzing the subjective experience of dementia and the way in which both people with dementia and their family members attempt to adjust and cope at different stages of he disorder. As well as publishing over 70 journal articles, Dr Clare has coauthored a book for patients and families on coping with memory problems and has authored and coedited texts on cognitive rehabilitation in dementia and on disturbances of awareness. She currently serves as Editor for the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Group, is on the Editorial board of the journal Neuropsychological rehabilitation, and contributes to a number of research and professional networks. In 2003, she received the May Davidson Award from the British Psychological Society for her contribution to the development of clinical psychology.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	p. viii
List of Contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Ageing
Ageing and adaptation	p. 17
Memory and cognition in ageing	p. 33
Ageing and physical health	p. 57
Death, dying and bereavement	p. 75
Psychological Problems
Manifestations of depression and anxiety in older adults	p. 97
Suicide and attempted suicide in later life	p. 111
Psychological trauma in late life: conceptualization, assessment and treatment	p. 121
Late onset psychosis	p. 133
Dementia as a biopsychosocial condition: implications for practice and research	p. 145
The Neuropsychology of dementia: Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders	p. 161
Parkinson's disease	p. 185
Stroke	p. 201
Sleep and insomnia in later life	p. 219
Service Context
Values and diversity in working with older people	p. 237
Family caregiving: research and clinical intervention	p. 255
Residential care	p. 289
Elder abuse and neglect	p. 311
Primary care psychology and older people	p. 323
Ageing, dementia and people with intellectual disability	p. 341
Palliative care for people with dementia: principles, practice and implications	p. 351
Assessment
Neuropsychological assessment of the older person	p. 363
Assessing function, behaviour and need	p. 385
Assessing mood, wellbeing and quality of life	p. 415
Capacity and consent: empowering and protecting vulnerable older people	p. 429
Intervention
The socio-cultural context in understanding older adults: contextual adult lifespan theory for adapting psychotherapy	p. 439
Cognitive behaviour therapy with older people	p. 457
Psychoanalysis and old age	p. 473
Systemic interventions and older people	p. 489
Neuropsychological rehabilitation in later life: special considerations, contributions and future directions	p. 505
Psychological interventions with people with dementia	p. 523
Interventions for family caregivers of people with dementia	p. 549
Challenging behaviour in dementia: a psychosocial approach to intervention	p. 571
Interventions at the care team level	p. 595
Index	p. 613
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