Clinical psychology with older adults

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Older adult psychology

Basic information

Aging Geropsychology Gerontology Geriatrics Life transitions Old age Older adults The context of care for older adults Theoretical approaches to aging

Clinical psychology

Mental health issues Dementia Assessment Neuropsychology in older adults Psychological therapy Themes in therapy Issues in older adult psychotherapy Older adults with learning disabilities

Professional issues

Competencies Training issues

Misc

Older adult scientific journals

It is important that old age itself is not understood as a clinical condition so do see older adult articles in the developmental section of this site.

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• Introduction to aging

• Gerontology

• Geriatrics

• Theoretical approaches to aging

• Mental health problems in older adulthood

• Assessment with older adults

• Life transitions for older adults

• Psychological therapies with older adult

• Themes for therapy in working with older adults

• Older adults with learning disabilities

• The context of care for older adults

• Competencies for working with older adults

• Training issues in older adult work

• Older adult scientific journals

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Key texts

Books

• Birren JE and Schaie KW (Eds) (1990) `Handbook of the Psychology of Ageing', Third edition, Reinhold, New York,

• Blakemore K and Boneham M (1994) `Age, Race and Ethnicity', OU Press

• Woods RT (Ed) (1996) `Clinical Psychology of Ageing', Wiley

• Woods RT (Ed) (1999) `Psychological Problems of Ageing', Wiley

Additional material

Papers

• Google Scholar