Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychotherapy for an Aging Pop

Evidence-based practices help to alleviate confusion, allowing human service practitioners to develop quality practice guidelines. This volume provides a state-of-the-art compilation of EBPs in the assessment and treatment of elderly clients, and as such will be more clinically useful than anything currently on the market. 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. The aging population is growing rapidly, and unless we begin to provide an array of mental health services that help adults age successfully we will quickly reach crisis mode with this client group. This volume 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.