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Handbook of psychosocial interventions with older adults
— evidence-based approaches | | Author(s) | Sherry M Cummings, Nancy P Kropf |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 50, Supplement 1, 2008 |
| Publisher | The Haworth Press, Inc., 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1-355 (whole issue) |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Therapy ; Psychiatric treatment ; Family care ; Research Reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In recent years, there has been tremendous growth in the movement to enhance the delivery of quality services through the use of evidence-based interventions. While an increasing number of reviews have examined the effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for older people, few have examined the status of psychosocial interventions for the older population. This special volume of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work aims to increase researchers' and practitioners' knowledge of evidence-based treatments for older people and their family members. To this end, a thorough review of the extant research on psychosocial interventions for a wide range of health, mental health, cognitive and social role challenges faced by older family caregivers is provided. an overview by the editors is followed by 13 chapters arranged by three themes. First, evidence-based interventions for health conditions cover cardiac conditions, cancer treatments, arthritis pain, diabetes treatment and HIV/AIDS treatment. Second, evidence-based interventions for cognitive and mental health issues provide overviews on: depression and anxiety; Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia; and substance abuse. Lastly, evidence-based interventions for social functioning focus on family and grandparent caregivers, treatment at the end of life, and the relationships of individuals with developmental disabilities and their caregivers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080602006 B |
| Classmark | LO: LP: P6:SJ: 3A:6KC: 7T |
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