Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychotherapy for an Aging Population

by Morley D. Glicken

Overview

At a time when the mental health difficulties/disorders of the elderly are coming to the fore of many practitioners' patient rosters, naming and treating those problems is still too often handled as an art as much as a science. Inconsistent practices based on clinical experience and intuition rather than hard scientific evidence of efficacy have for too long been the basis of much treatment. Evidence-based practices help to alleviate some of the confusion, allowing the practitioner to develop quality practice guidelines that can be applied to the client, identify appropriate literature that can be shared with the client, communicate with other professionals from a knowledge-guided frame of reference, and continue a process of self-learning that results in the best possible treatment for clients.

The proposed volume will provide practitioners with a state-of-the-art compilation of evidence-based practices in the assessment and treatment of elderly clients. As such it will be more clinically useful than anything currently on the market and will better enable practitioners to meet the demands faced in private and institutional practice. Focusing on the most current research and best evidence regarding assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, the volume covers difficulties including, but not limited to: social isolation/loneliness, elder abuse/neglect, depression and suicidal inclinations, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, dementias, prolonged bereavement, patients with terminal illnesses.

Because concrete research evidence is so often not used as the basis for practice, this book provides a timely guide for clinicians, social workers, and advanced students to a research-oriented approach to serving the mental health needs of elderly adults.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123749376
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/31/2009
Series:	Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	450
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Dr. Morley D. Glicken is the former Dean of the Worden School of Social Service in San Antonio; the founding director of the Master of Social Work Department at California State University, San Bernardino; the past Director of the Master of Social Work Program at the University of Alabama; and the former Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Greater Tucson. He has also held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. He currently teaches in the Department of Social Work at Arizona State University West in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dr. Glicken received his BA degree in social work with a minor in psychology from the University of North Dakota and holds an MSW degree from the University of Washington and the MPA and DSW degrees from the University of Utah. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Psychosocial Perspectives of Aging1: Aging in America: Psychosocial Treatment Issues2: Successful Aging

Part II: Understanding Evidence-Based Practice3: An Explanation of Evidence-Based Practice and its Application to Clinical Work with Older Adults4: Using Evidence-Based Practice to Diagnose and Assess Psychosocial Difficulties in Older Adults5: Evidence-Based Practice and the Client-Worker Relationship with Older Adults

Part III: Evidence-Based Practice and Psychosocial Problems of Older Adults6: Love and Intimacy in Older Adulthood7: Work, Retirement, and Ageism in the Workplace8: Evidence-Based Practice with Older Adults Experiencing Social Isolation and Loneliness9: Evidence-Based Practice and Older Adults Experiencing Elder Abuse and Neglect10: Evidence-Based Practice with Depressed and Suicidal Older Adults11: Evidence-Based Practice with Older Clients Experiencing Anxiety12: Evidence-Based Practice with Older Adults Who Abuse Substances

Part IV: The Impact of Spirituality and Religion and the Significance of Self–Help Groups13: Evidence-Based Practice and the Significance of Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Older Adults14: Evidence-Based Practice and the Effectiveness of Self-Help Groups with Older Adults

Part V: Evidence-Based Practice and Health Issues of Older Adults15: Evidence-Based Practice with Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia16: Evidence-Based Practice with Disabilities, Terminal Illness, and Assisted Living17: Hospice and Bereavement

Part VI: Policy Issues and the Future of Care for Older Adults18: Final Words: Some Concerns about the Future of Older Adults

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From the Publisher

Must-have practical guide for clinicians, social workers and advanced students covering the most effective evidence-based practices for the assessment and treatment of elderly clients