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Cognitive behaviour therapy with older people / Ken Laidlaw [and others].

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: xvi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0471487112
  • 9780471487111
  • 0471487104
  • 9780471487104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.89142 22
LOC classification:
  • RC489.C63 C6426 2003
Contents:
Working effectively with older people: knowledge & skills -- Basic gerontology for cognitive therapists -- Cognitive-behavioural model for older people -- Cognitive therapy for late life depression -- CBT for late life depressive disorders -- Behavioural techniques -- Dealing with negative thoughts -- Changing core beliefs and assumptions -- Cognitive therapy with special issues -- Anxiety, worry, panic disorder and older people -- Insomnia and sleep disorders -- Physical illness, disability and depression -- Post-stroke depression -- Depression in dementia and family caregiving -- Final thoughts -- What to do when your patient says ... -- Future directions and innovations in practice.
Summary: "Seeing older age as a time of loss and helplessness too often prevents therapists from providing treatments that can be of enormous benefit to older people.; ; Ken Laidlaw, Larry Thompson, Leah Dick-Siskin and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson draw upon their collective wealth of clinical experience to provide a comprehensive and practical guide to the applications of CBT to older adults. ; ; Special features include:; ; A new CBT model, effectively adapted from Beck's basic CBT model, for use with older adults. ; ; Numerous clinical examples of the usefulness of CBT to treat depression, anxiety, caregiver distress and sleep disturbances.; ; Recommendations for treating depression co-morbid with common medical problems including stroke, Parkinson's disease, the dementias and arthritis.; ; Specific recommendations for 'troubleshooting' frequent dilemmas, such as managing suicidality.; ; Appendices containing blank examples of forms used within the text, and recommended self-help books and websites for further consultation. ; ; Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Older People is essential reading for all clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and related health professionals who work with older people."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index.

Working effectively with older people: knowledge & skills -- Basic gerontology for cognitive therapists -- Cognitive-behavioural model for older people -- Cognitive therapy for late life depression -- CBT for late life depressive disorders -- Behavioural techniques -- Dealing with negative thoughts -- Changing core beliefs and assumptions -- Cognitive therapy with special issues -- Anxiety, worry, panic disorder and older people -- Insomnia and sleep disorders -- Physical illness, disability and depression -- Post-stroke depression -- Depression in dementia and family caregiving -- Final thoughts -- What to do when your patient says ... -- Future directions and innovations in practice.

"Seeing older age as a time of loss and helplessness too often prevents therapists from providing treatments that can be of enormous benefit to older people.; ; Ken Laidlaw, Larry Thompson, Leah Dick-Siskin and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson draw upon their collective wealth of clinical experience to provide a comprehensive and practical guide to the applications of CBT to older adults. ; ; Special features include:; ; A new CBT model, effectively adapted from Beck's basic CBT model, for use with older adults. ; ; Numerous clinical examples of the usefulness of CBT to treat depression, anxiety, caregiver distress and sleep disturbances.; ; Recommendations for treating depression co-morbid with common medical problems including stroke, Parkinson's disease, the dementias and arthritis.; ; Specific recommendations for 'troubleshooting' frequent dilemmas, such as managing suicidality.; ; Appendices containing blank examples of forms used within the text, and recommended self-help books and websites for further consultation. ; ; Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Older People is essential reading for all clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and related health professionals who work with older people."--Publisher description.

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