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Cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety in late life from a schema-focused approach
Author(s)	Barbara O'Hara
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 22, no 3/4, 2000
Pages	pp 23-36
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Anxiety ; Psychiatric treatment ; United States of America.
Annotation	Schema theory is an important conceptual framework for understanding how people cognitively organise elements of past experiences and reactions in ways that guide their subsequent perceptions and appraisals. The author proposes that loss events in late life can activate a maladaptive schema that may be characterised by symptoms of anxiety. These symptoms may be a signal from an older person's body that something in his or her life needs attention. Anti-anxiety medication may interfere with tackling important developmental and contextual issues in later life. A schema-focused approach may help older clients to identify their maladaptive schema, to understand how it relates to current losses, behaviours and symptoms, and to make changes in their lives. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010531214 A
Classmark	ENP: LP: 7T
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