Personality Disorders and Older Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment

Personality Disorders and Older Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment Review

The older adult population is booming in the United State and across the globe. With this boom comes an increase in the number of older adults who experience psychological disorders. Current estimates suggest that about 20% of older persons are diagnosable with a mental disorder: Personality disorders are among the most poorly understood, challenging, and frustrating of these disorders among older adults. This book is designed to provide scholarly and scientifically-based guidance about the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders to health professionals, mental health professionals, and senior service professionals who encounter personality-disordered or "difficult" older adults.

Handbook of Preschool Mental Health: Development, Disorders, and Treatment

Handbook of Preschool Mental Health: Development, Disorders, and Treatment Review

This important volume comprehensively explores the development of psychiatric disorders in 2- to 6-year-olds, detailing how the growing empirical knowledge base may lead to improved interventions for young children and their families. Leading contributors examine advances in the conceptualization and diagnosis of early-onset disruptive disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, eating and sleeping disorders, autism, and other clinical problems. Promising treatment strategies are described, including developmentally specific behavioral and play therapies, and available evidence for their effectiveness is presented. The literature on preschool psychopharmacology is also reviewed. Throughout, the discussion is grounded in the many recent advances on normative developmental processes in the preschool period.

Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants and Toddlers: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment

Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants and Toddlers: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment Review

Rich with clinical insights, this volume reviews the state of the science of identifying and treating autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in very young children. Leading authorities examine critical research issues and present innovative approaches to assessing social, cognitive, adaptive, communication, and sensory–motor impairments in the first two years of life. Providing a comprehensive discussion of developmental, behavioral, and medical intervention models, the book also addresses ways to support families in coping with an early ASD diagnosis and becoming effective advocates for their children. A special chapter discusses popular but controversial treatments, including how to help families make informed decisions about their use.

Age Appropriate No-suicide Agreements: Professionals' Ratings of Appropriateness and Effectiveness.(Statistical Data Included): An article from: Education & Treatment of Children

Age Appropriate No-suicide Agreements: Professionals' Ratings of Appropriateness and Effectiveness.(Statistical Data Included): An article from: Education & Treatment of Children Review

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Title: Age Appropriate No-suicide Agreements: Professionals' Ratings of Appropriateness and Effectiveness.(Statistical Data Included)
Author: Michael Davidson
Publication:Education & Treatment of Children (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2000
Publisher: Family Services of Western Pennsylvania
Volume: 23 Issue: 2 Page: 143

Article Type: Statistical Data Included

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