Looking into Later Life: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Depression and Dementia in Old Age

Author:   Rachael Davenhill
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367325428


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   05 July 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Looking into Later Life: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Depression and Dementia in Old Age


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This book belongs to a long tradition at the Tavistock Clinic of work focused on the mental and emotional well-being of the elderly. It applies psychoanalytic thinking to areas that have generally attracted very little sustained attention over the years.

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Author:   Rachael Davenhill
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367325428


ISBN 10:   036732542
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   05 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Looking into Later Life -- Introduction -- Overview: Past and Present -- Developments in psychoanalytic thinking and in therapeutic attitudes and services -- Mainly Depression -- The metapsychology of depression -- Assessment -- Individual psychotherapy -- Couples psychotherapy: separateness or separation? An account of work with a couple entering later life -- ""Tragical–comical–historical–pastoral"": groups and group therapy in the third age -- The experience of an illness: the resurrection of an analysis in the work of recovery -- Observation and Consultation -- Psychodynamic observation and old age -- Consultation at work -- Where angels fear to tread: idealism, despondency, and inhibition in thought in hospital nursing -- Mainly Dementia -- Only connect—the links between early and later life -- No truce with the furies: issues of containment in the provision of care for people with dementia and those who care for them -- Facts, phenomenology, and psychoanalytic contributions to dementia care -- The pink ribbon -- Caring for a relative with dementia—who is the sufferer? -- My unfaithful brain—a journey into Alzheimer’s Disease -- Conveying the experience of Alzheimer’s Disease through art: the later paintings of William Utermohlen"

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