Clinical Gerontology

T.L. Brink

Contents
Preface



ASSESSMENT OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENT
Reasons for Low Utilization of Mental Health Services by the Elderly
Spatial Competence: Assessment of Route-Finding, Route-Learning, and Topographical Memory in Normal Aging
The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery and Aging
The Clinical Use of Projective Techniques with the Aged: A Critical Review and Synthesis
DEPRESSION SCALES FOR USE IN LATER LIFE
Directions for Clinical-Psychosocial Assessment of Depression in the Elderly
Use of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale with Older Adults
Use of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale in the Elderly
The Beck Depression Inventory and Older Adults: Review of Its Development and Utility
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS): Recent Evidence and Development of a Shorter Version
A Brief MMPI Depression Screening Scale for the Elderly
Assessment of Mood and Affect in the Elderly: The Depression Adjective Check List and the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List
Assessment of Pessimism and Despair in the Elderly: A Geriatric Scale of Hopelessness
THERAPY IN LATER LIFE
Psychodynamic Therapy with the Aged: A Review
Application of Gestalt Therapy to Group Work with the Aged
Cognitive Therapy with Older Adults
Group Therapy with Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
Lithium Groups and Elderly Bipolar Outpatients
Pet-Facilitated Therapies: A Review of the Literature and Clinical Implementation Considerations
FAMILY THERAPY
The Functional-Age Model of Intergenerational Therapy: A Social Casework Model
The Techniques and Contexts of Multigenerational Therapy
Understanding the Family Coping with Alzheimer’s Disease: An Application of Theory to Intervention
Support Groups for Male Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Patients
RELATED TOPICS
Later Life Personality Model: Diagnosis and Treatment
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Hidden Syndrome in Elders
Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain in the Elderly
Clinical Application of Biofeedback Techniques for the Elderly
Suicide in the Elderly: Assessment and Intervention
Drug Effects in Alzheimer’s Disease
Some Ethical Issues in Dementia Care
Index