Tuning In (eBook)

The Art and Science of Psychotherapy in Older Adults

Erin L. Cassidy-Eagle, Laura B. Dunn (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
370 Seiten
American Psychiatric Association Publishing (Verlag)
9781615375004 (ISBN)

Infos

This is comprehensive guide for addressing common real-world scenarios in geriatric mental health care. Emphasizing advanced clinical interviewing skills, the book explores therapeutic modalities such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing that impact care, such as cognitive functioning and socioeconomic status, as well as social determinants of health.

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Drawing on the experience of authors who conduct work in psychiatric and medical clinics for geriatric patients, in both inpatient and outpatient and private practice settings, Tuning In: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy in Older Adults is an expert guide on addressing common real-world scenarios that present themselves for treatment in this population. Without discounting the value of evidence-based treatments for specific pathologies, it emphasizes the importance of advanced clinical interviewing skills for truly understanding patients' backgrounds, concerns, and goals for treatment.

Filled with case vignettes, the book opens with an overview of numerous therapeutic modalities—including cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, dialectical behavior therapy, and group therapies—and their use with older adults. It goes on to consider

• Factors that impact clinical presentation and care, including cognitive functioning, socioeconomic status, structural racism, and social determinants of health• Adopting a transdiagnostic and integrative psychotherapy approach when working with older patients• Common life challenges encountered by clinicians, including new-onset alcohol and substance use, grief and bereavement, and cognitive dysfunction• Current therapeutic approaches, including the use of telehealth and digital tools, interventions in primary care, and psychological wellness groups

Accessible, wide-ranging, and rooted in real-world experience, this volume provides readers with the guidance they need to effectively communicate with patients in a way that is understandable and motivating. The information included in this guide will help clinicians as they make patients and their families feel understood, respected, and hopeful about the goals of treatment.

Autor

Erin Cassidy-Eagle, Ph.D., DBSM, is Clinical Professor and Section Co-Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California.

Laura B. Dunn, M.D., is Marie Wilson Howells Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Psychiatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Therapeutic Modalities and Their Use in Older AdultsChapter 2. Approaching Work With the Older PatientChapter 3. Beyond the ManualChapter 4. Addressing Changing Sexual Concerns With Older AdultsChapter 5. New-Onset Alcohol and Substance Use in Older Adults: Nuances of the Clinical InterviewChapter 6. Cognitive Dysfunction and Therapy: Information, Modifications, and RecommendationsChapter 7. Driving Cessation and the Older Adult: Considerations and ApproachesChapter 8. Lack of Meaning and PurposeChapter 9. Working With an Older Trauma Survivor With Posttraumatic Stress DisorderChapter 10. The Quiet Narcissist, Chapter 11. Grief and Bereavement: Coping With Loss in Late LifeChapter 12. The "Lifelong" Psychotherapy PatientChapter 13. Nonpharmacological Complexities in Treating Older Adults: Expectations for Improvement and Dealing With CountertransferenceChapter 14. Existential Issues and Role TransitionsChapter 15. Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Address Present and Future Care Needs for a Patient Who Doesn't Think They Are "There" YetChapter 16. Brief Intervention in Primary Care to Boost Mood and Resilience: The Positive Experience ProgramChapter 17. Telehealth and Digital Tools as Facilitators of Mental Health TreatmentChapter 18. Psychological Wellness Group for Older Adults: Improving the Health of the Mind, Body and Brain

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 7 line drawings, 32 tables
• Verlagsort: Washington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• ISBN-13: 9781615375004 / 9781615375004