Clinical Psychology and anxiety and depression in dementia Three case studies
Both depression and anxiety are common in dementia but there are many complicating bio-psychosocial factors which can make diagnosis and treatment difficult. There is a small but expanding literature on psychosocial treatment of depression in mild to moderate dementia but almost nothing on treatment...
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Published in | Nordic psychology Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 43 - 54 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Dansk psykologisk Forlag
01.07.2010
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Summary: | Both depression and anxiety are common in dementia but there are many
complicating bio-psychosocial factors which can make diagnosis and treatment
difficult. There is a small but expanding literature on psychosocial treatment
of depression in mild to moderate dementia but almost nothing on treatment of
anxiety. Three cases, one involving an anxiety disorder, another involving
someone with severe dementia, are presented to illustrate the nature of the work
that clinical psychologists can undertake with this population and the skills
and knowledge required. They are discussed with reference to standard
therapeutic approaches versus a highly individualised case-specific approach,
the need for collaboration with other disciplines, using carers or residential
care staff as co-therapists and co-clients, working with nursing home staff to
maximise compliance, and the need for clinical psychologists working with this
population to be literate about medical and health issues. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1901-2276 1904-0016 |
DOI: | 10.1027/1901-2276/a000010 |