Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychotherapy for an Aging Population (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional)

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At a time when the mental health difficulties of the elderly are coming to the fore,xA0; naming and treating those problems is still toften handled as an art rather than a science. Inconsistent practices based on clinical experience and intuition rather than hard scientific evidencexA0;have been the basis on which older adults with social and emotional problems arexA0;treated. Evidence-based practices help to alleviate some of the confusion, allowing the practitioner to develop quality practice guidelines that can be applied to the client, identify appropriate literature that can be shared with the client, communicate with other professionals from a knowledge-guided frame of reference, and continue a process of self-learning that results in the best possible treatment for clients.The book provides practitioners with a state-of-the-art compilation of evidence-based practices in the assessment and treatment of elderly clients. 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, and the psycho-social treatment of older adults with terminal illnesses.Because concrete research evidence is so often not used as the basis for practice, this book provides a timely guide for mental helath clinicians, social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses and students to a research-oriented approach to serving the mental health needs of elderly adults.

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Dr. Morley D. Glicken is the former Dean of the Worden School of Social Service in San Antonio; the founding director of the Master of Social Work Department at California State University, San Bernardino; the past Director of the Master of Social Work Program at the University of Alabama; and the former Executive Director of Jewish Family Service of Greater Tucson. He has also held faculty positions in social work at the University of Kansas and Arizona State University. He currently teaches in the Department of Social Work at Arizona State University West in Phoenix, Arizona.Dr. Glicken received his BA degree in social work with a minor in psychology from the University of North Dakota and holds an MSW degree from the University of Washington and the MPA and DSW degrees from the University of Utah. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Fraternity.Dr. Glicken published two books for Allyn and Bacon/Longman Publishers in 2002: The Role of the Helping Professions in the Treatment of Victims and Perpetrators of Crime (with Dale Sechrest), and A Simple Guide to Social Research; and two additional books for Allyn and Bacon/Longman in 2003: Violent Young Children, and Understanding and Using the Strengths Perspective. He published Improving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice in 2004 for Sage Publications and Working with Troubled Men: A Practitioner's Guide for Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers in Spring 2005. In 2006 he published Life Lessons from Resilient People, and Social Work in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Social Problems, Social Welfare Organizations, and the Profession of Social Work, both published by Sage Publications. In 2008 he published A Guide to Writing for Human Service Professionals for Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. In 2009 Rowman And Littlefield will publish his book Evidence Based Practice with Older Adults: A Psychosocial Perspective. His intro to social work book, Social Work in the