208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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An invaluable resource for the mental health professional who must deal with the uncooperative and difficult elderly patient.
Contents
Preface
- SECTION ONE: UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING UNCOOPERATIVENESS
- Who’s to Blame for Uncooperativeness?
- The Role of Depression and Anger
- Make the Patient Feel Like a Helper
- Uncooperativeness as Information
- The Significance of Uncooperativeness Among Retarded Elders
- SECTION TWO: PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR THE UNCOOPERATIVE PATIENT
- Staff Casualties of Patient Uncooperativeness
- Psychotherapy and Self Psychology
- Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Uncooperativeness
- Meeting the Patient More Than Halfway
- Intergenerational Psychotherapy for Uncooperative Patients
- SECTION THREE: CASE MANAGEMENT FOR UNCOOPERATIVENESS
- Handling Uncooperativeness in a Deinstitutionalized Patient
- Managing Medication Non-Compliance
- Milieu Therapy for the Dementia Patient
- Behavioral Management for Uncooperativeness
- Music Therapy and Staff Stress
- Music and Exercise: A Great Combination
- The Outpatient Team
- The Team Approach for Hypochondriasis
- Advice for the Internist
- The Case for One-to-One Nursing Assessment
Biography
Brink, T.L.