Aging & Mental Disorders (Psychological Approaches to Assessment & Treatment)

By Steven H. Zarit

A health worker confuses an older patient's reversible brain disorder with senility--and labels it hopeless. A counselor sees a seventy-year-old woman's depression as a function of her age--and dismisses her complaints that her children don't respect her. A therapist avoids treating sexual dysfunction in a sixty-five-year-old man, mistakenly believing that treatment can't help.

"Aging and Mental Disorders" should help dispel some of these too-common myths and misconceptions about the elderly. Widely acclaimed and enthusiastically reviewed, it gives professionals the knowledge and insights they need to meet the challenge of working with the aged.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029359805
• ISBN13: 9780029359808
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"