Psychology of ageing

Prior to publication, it had only recently been appreciated that psychology had a great deal to offer in therapeutic terms to a wide range of patients, and was not merely concerned with assessing and identifying problems.

A clinical guide for all health specialists offering practical, relevant and comprehensive information on managing the elderly patient.

Handbook of Social Media in Education, Consumer Behavior and Politics explores the impact of social media within these systems.

Grandparenting: Contemporary Perspectives is one of the first books of its kind to offer a dedicated account of the social and psychological research on this important life stage.

The provocative classic work newly updatedAn intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscapeWhen first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS.

This exceptional collection draws on the most recent demographic data and combines classic research with cutting-edge approaches to provide an invaluable overview of the developmental psychology of the adult years.

The finding that working memory training can increase fluid intelligence triggered a great number of cognitive training studies, the results of which have been fiercely debated among experts.

Great Myths of Aging looks at the generalizations and stereotypes associated with older people and, with a blend of humor and cutting-edge research, dispels those common myths.

This book is for trainees and practitioners across the orientations who wish to incorporate an existential approach into their practice.

In the 22 chapters in this volume, many of the world's foremost memory scientists report on their cutting-edge research on the nature of human memory, with several chapters reporting new empirical studies that are being published for the first time.

This monograph is the written version of a series of talks delivered as recent MacEachran Lectures at the University of Alberta.

This book, containing thirty-two chapters, presented at a national seminar, organized by the Centre of Advanced Study in Psychology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, addresses behavioural issues in ageing in the context of Indian socio-cultural milieu.

This book brings together theologians, clergy, people with dementia, carers, clinicians and others to offer a holistic, interdisciplinary exploration of dementia which focuses not only on what dementia is and what it is not, but more importantly, what it means to live well with dementia and to find hope where sometimes it feels like there is no hope.

Young children can erupt like little volcanoes when they are feeling angry.

Get older without getting old!

Individuals of all ages interact with one another, and their interactions have significance throughout their lives.

Reliable, easily administered, and objective ways of assessing the well-being of the elderly and their use of, and need for, services are rare.

An essential new guide for any person-centred trainee or practitioner, this book explores some of the key contemporary counselling and psychotherapy approaches that have developed from classical client-centred therapy.

This book offers the first ever critical history of dementia studies.

The rapid growth in the numbers of older people worldwide has led to an equally rapid growth in research on the changes across age in cognitive function, including the processes of moment to moment cognition known as working memory.

Ernst Bloch hoffte auf einen menschlichen Körper, dessen "Alter nicht Hinfälligkeit als Schicksal" sein sollte.

Activity For Mental Health explores all activities, including physical, social, natural, cognitive, art/hobby and music as a means to both preventing and treating mental illness.

This is the definitive introduction to coaching and mentoring, written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team.

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their most interesting publications - extracts from books, key articles, research findings, practical and theoretical contributions.

Altern ist eine facettenreiche, widersprüchliche und individuell sehr unterschiedliche Erfahrung.

Originally published in 1960 and revised in 1964 the blurb for Facing Retirement read:"e;Mature men and women are not afraid of advancing years.

It is a well known fact that our population of persons aged 65 and over are growing at a faster rate than any other demographic.

The third edition of this essential text has been updated and expanded with new material that reflects the most recent developments in the field, and explores our current understanding of a broad range of topics related to aging and older adulthood.

Mental Health Practice in Geriatric Health Care Settings emphasizes the major research and clinical findings realized in five years of research on mental health issues in older urban medical patients, many of whom represent minority groups.

Articles appear frequently about individuals whose age is noted as a feature of their activism, but the activism of seniors as a growing and influential part of the population is often otherwise overlooked.

Open up Dignity and Old Age, and you'll find a wealth of thoughtful suggestions for how you and others can gain more respect and admiration for your relatives, neighbors, and patients who are in the latter stages of life.

Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia.

Das Kochbuch mit über 70 schnellen Rezepten für Jederman(n) und Jederfrau; inklusive umfangreichem Theorieteil.

Scott Shannon is an MD, president elect of the American Holistic Medical Association, and considered a national expert on holistic psychiatry.

Originally published in 1983, this cross-national study had three aims.

No one wants to put an aging relative in a "e;home.

Articles appear frequently about individuals whose age is noted as a feature of their activism, but the activism of seniors as a growing and influential part of the population is often otherwise overlooked.

In this compelling text, choreographer and psychotherapist Beatrice Allegranti invites the reader into the transdisciplinary Moving Kinship project.

Current demographical patterns predict an aging worldwide population.

This book is for trainees and practitioners across the orientations who wish to incorporate an existential approach into their practice.

Die Flucht und Vertreibung Deutscher aus den früheren Ostgebieten in den Nachkriegsjahren ist in den Köpfen der älteren Heimatvertriebenen noch immer präsent.

This easy-to-understand, engaging guide arms teens with healthy thinking habits and coping strategies for staying on top of their mental health.

Reminding women that motherhood is an option, not a given (much less an instinct), New York psychotherapist Phyllis Ziman Tobin contends that choosing to be or not to be a mother is the defining rite of passage for today's woman.

Development of Adult Thinking is a timely synthesis and evaluation of the current knowledge and emerging issues relating to adult cognitive development and learning.

This important book shares insights derived from surveys, interviews, and focus groups conducted with a diverse group of first-wave Baby Boomer female professionals (born 1946-1956).

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) has made a huge global, clinical impact since its inception, and this landmark book is the first to draw all the published research together in one place.

Gain a new perspective on the international implications of our aging population!

Focusing on the contemporary period, this book brings together critical age studies and contemporary science fiction to establish the centrality of age and ageing in dystopian, speculative and science-fiction imaginaries.

This book offers the first ever critical history of dementia studies.