The Praeger Handbook Of Mental Health And The Aging Community

A comprehensive book written by experienced practitioners, this single-volume work describes clinical competencies, specific challenges, and applications in providing services to the elderly and their caregivers. * Includes therapeutic interventions and addresses critical elements including diversity, poverty, disability, and the law and ethics of elder care * Features case studies that clearly illustrate expressive arts, animal-assisted therapy, couple's counseling, family therapy, and evidence-based treatments * Ideally suited to students, psychologists, counselors, therapists, and health professionals who work with, or aim to practice with, elderly people and their families * Enables interns in their early years of practice to ensure that their services are appropriate, client centered, client driven, and evidence-based

• | Author: Doreen Maller|Kathy Langsam, Doreen Maller
• | Publisher: Praeger
• | Publication Date: Nov 27, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 296 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Psychology
• | ISBN-10: 1440853347
• | ISBN-13: 9781440853340