Making Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments Work With Older Adults

In this edited volume, geropsychology scholars Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah bring researchers and clinicians together to discuss the prevalent psychological disorders that afflict older adults.

Each chapter focuses on one of the major presenting problems—anxiety, insomnia, depression, memory function, and behavioral disturbances—with researchers identifying successful evidence-based treatments (EBTs), and clinicians discussing how their specific expertise and flexibility maximized EBT fidelity while tailoring the EBT to the special needs and conditions of their older clients.

Written for clinicians who specialize in psychotherapy and counseling with older adults, this timely book will also appeal to practitioners who work with elders in assisted-living facilities or in home settings. The final chapter of the book is devoted to family caregivers who also experience psychological symptoms in caring for an older parent or other relative.

Forrest Scogin, PhD, is a professor of psychology and coordinator of the Clinical Geropsychology Concentration at the University of Alabama. His research has been primarily in the areas of psychotherapy, depression, and mental health and aging. He has received funding to support his activities from the National Institutes of Health, the Bureau of Health Professions, and the Retirement Research Foundation. He is a fellow of APA Divisions 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) and 20 (Adult Development and Aging) and the Gerontological Society of America.  He has served as the chair of APA's Committee on Aging and as president of the Society of Clinical Geropsychology.
 
Avani Shah, PhD, is an assistant professor of social work at the University of Alabama. Her research focuses on increasing the number of clinical psychologists and social workers available to meet the health care needs of older adults and to improve access to specialized behavioral health services for medically underserved older adult populations. She is also interested in improving mental health treatment access through clinical interventions for depression, memory, and independent living for aging populations in the context of health (cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking).
 

In this new release by geropsychology scholars Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah, researchers and clinicians come together in each chapter to discuss the prevalent psychological disorders that afflict this burgeoning population. Each chapter focuses on one of the major presenting problems anxiety, insomnia, depression, memory function, and behavioural disturbances with researchers identifying successful evidence-based treatments (EBTs), and clinicians discussing how their specific expertise and flexibility maximised EBT fidelity while tailoring the EBT to the special needs and conditions of their older clients. Written for clinicians who specialise in psychotherapy and counselling with older adults, this timely book will also appeal to practitioners who work with elders in assisted-living facilities or in home settings. The final chapter of the book is devoted to family caregivers who also experience psychological symptoms in caring for an older parent or other relative.

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