Intervention Models in old age

Year
4
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02018150
Subject Area
Psychology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Other Languages of Instruction
English
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Disciplines of the area of psicogerontologia

Teaching Methods

Expositive, experiential and active

Learning Outcomes

1. To understand the social, psychological and institutional requirements concerning the intervention in late adulthood.

2. To learn how to do intervention and therapies in late adulthood.

3. To reflect about the paradigms that underline the different types of intervention.

4. To learn the development of intervention actions that aim to promote well-being, health and prevention/intervention.

5. To learn the different levels and forms of intervention in the different contexts.

6. To develop practical competencies that promote personal development and enable future professionals to use counseling techniques.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Models of intervention in old age: introductory issues

2. Themes of therapeutic intervention with the elderly: Loss and Mourning: comprehensive models and intervention strategies.

Loss and mourning as regulatory processes of the cycle of life.

Mourning: diagnostic issues and comprehensive models.

Specific aspects of loss and mourning in the 3rd age, losses of identity and interpersonal losses.

Strategies for assessment and therapeutic intervention.

Mindfulness-based Therapy for depression

Reminiscence Therapy

3. Cognitive deterioration and dementia: challenges in prevention and intervention. Psychological intervention in dementia 4. Elder abuse and neglect

5. Group Therapy

Head Lecturer(s)

Margarida Maria Batista Mendes Pedroso Lima

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project: 100.0%

Bibliography

.Pillemer, K.,Burnes, D.,Riffin, C.,&Lachs, M.S. (2016). Elder Abuse: Global Situation, Risk Factors, and Prevention Strategies.The Geronto

Laidlaw, K. & Knight, B. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of emotional disorders in later life: Assessment and treatment. New York: Oxford University Press.

Knight, Bob G. & Poon, C. Y. M. (2008). Contextual Adult Life Span Theory for Adapting Psychotherapy with Older Adults. J. Rat-Emo Cognitive-Behav Ther. 26: 232-249.

Sorocco, K. H. & Lauderdale, S. (Eds.) (2011). Cognitive behavior therapy with older adults: Innovations across care settings. New York: Springer.

Frazer, D. W., Hinrichsen, G. A., & Jongsma, A. E. (Eds.) (2011). The older adult psychotherapy treatment planner. New York: Wiley.

Gallagher-Thompson, D., Steffen, A. M., & Thompson, L. W. (Eds.) (2010). Handbook of behavioral and cognitive therapies with older adults. New York: Springer.

Golden, L. (2008). Case studies in counselling older adults. Upple Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice-Hall.