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

by Steven H. Zarit (Author)

From Simon & Schuster, Aging and Mental Disorders should help dispel some of the all too-common myths and misconceptions about the elderly.

Widely acclaimed and enthusiastically reviewed, Aging and Mental Disorders gives professionals the knowledge and insights they need to meet the challenge of working with the aged.

Back Jacket

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.

Author Biography

Steven H. Zarit is the author of Aging & Mental Disorders (Psychological Approaches To Assessment & Treatment), a Simon & Schuster book.