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1 online resource (331 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Personality Disorders in Older Adults; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Part I. Conceptual Background; 1. Conceptual Overview of Personality Disorders; 2. Personality and Aging: A Psychotherapist Reflects Late in His; Part II. Research and Assessment:Overview and Outcome Measures; 3. Personality Disorders in Adults: A Review; 4. Personality Disorders After Age 50: A Meta-Analytic Review; 5. Personality Disorders and Treatment Outcome; 6 Dimensional Measures and the Five-Factor Model: Clinical Implications and Research Directions |
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7. Determining Personality Disorders in Older Adults Through8. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Assessment; Part III. Clinical Issues:Diagnosis and Treatment; 9. The Patient-Therapist Relationship and the Psychotherapy of the Older Adult With Personality Disorder; 10. The Influence of Personality on Reactions of Older Adults; 11. Neuropsychological Contributions to Differential Diagnosis; 12. Personality Disorders in Older Adults: Some Issues; 13. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Personality Disorders, ; 14. Pharmacologic Treatment of Personality Disorders in Late Life |
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Part IV. Systems and Social Issues15. Personality Disorders and the Difficult Nursing Home Resident; 16. Ethical Issues in the Clinical Management of Older Adults With Personality Disorder; Afterword: Personality Disorders in Late Life and Public Policy: Implications of the Contextual, Cohort-Based, Maturity, Specific Challenge Model; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
As the average age of the population rises, mental health professionals have become increasingly aware of the critical importance of personality in mediating successful adaptation in later life. Personality disorders were once thought to ""age out, "" and accordingly to have an inconsequential impact on the lives of the elderly. But recent clinical experience and studies underscore not only the prevalence of personality disorders in older people, but the pivotal roles they play in the onset, course, and treatment outcomes of other emotional and cognitive problems and physical problems as well |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Abrams, Robert C
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Zweig, Richard A
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| ISBN |
9781135684068 |
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1135684065 |
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