Psychological Assessment and Therapy with Older Adults - Knight, Bob G; Pachana, Nancy A
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Due to improvements in health and healthcare, the elderly population is expanding rapidly within the developed world. However, more and more elderly people require some form of psychological support at some point in their later years. This book lays out an integrated framework for psychological assessment and therapy with older adults.

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Due to improvements in health and healthcare, the elderly population is expanding rapidly within the developed world. However, more and more elderly people require some form of psychological support at some point in their later years. This book lays out an integrated framework for psychological assessment and therapy with older adults.
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Bob G. Knight, Ph.D. is the Merle H. Bensinger Professor of Gerontology and Professor of Psychology at the Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California. He is the Editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences (2012-2015). He also serves as Director of the Tingstad Older Adult Counseling Center. He is the recipient of awards including Distinguished Clinical Mentorship Award, Society of Clinical Geropsychology (2005), Retirement Research Foundation M. Powell Lawton Distinguished Contribution Award in Applied Gerontology (2007, awarded by Division 20 of American Psychological Association), and the American Psychological Association's Committee on Aging Award for the Advancement of Psychology and Aging, 2009 He has published extensively in mental health and aging, including Psychotherapy with older adults (Sage, 3rd ed. 2004, available in French, Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese translations). Nancy A. Pachana, PhD is Professor and Director of Clinical Psychology Training Programs in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, and is co-director of the UQ Ageing Mind Initiative. A clinical geropsychologist and neuropsychologist with extensive experience in assessing and treating older adults, her main research interests include anxiety in later life, nursing home interventions and driving safety and dementia. Nancy is a recipient of the Australian Davos Connection (ADC) Future Summit Leadership Award, for leadership on ageing issues (2010). She has published extensively in the field of ageing and mental health and is the co-developer of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory.