Includes bibliographical references and index.

A lifespan developmental perspective of psychological ageing / K. Warner Schaie -- Normal and abnormal ageing / Bob Woods -- Contextual adult lifespan theory for adapting psychotherapy / Bob G. Knight and Lewina O. Lee -- Cognitive behaviour therapy with depressed older people / Ken Laidlaw and Larry W. Thompson -- Schemas and schema-focused approaches with older people / Ian A. James -- Interpersonal psychotherapy as a treatment for late-life depression / Gregory A. Hinrichsen -- Current psychodynamic approaches with older people / Inger Hilde Nordhus -- Caregiver family therapy / Sara H. Qualls -- Assessment and treatment of depression / Kaci Fairchild and Forrest Scogin -- Assessment and treatment of anxiety in later life / Jeffrey A. Cully and Melinda A. Stanley -- Assessment and treatment of insomnia in later life / Niall M. Broomfield, Matthew R. Wild, and Colin Espie -- Assessment and treatment issues in bereavement in later life / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson ... [et al.] -- Assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviour in later life / Paul R. Duberstein and Marnin J. Heisel -- Assessment and treatment of dementia-related affective disturbances / Rebecca S. Logsdon, Susan M. McCurry, and Linda Teri -- Assessment and treatment of depression and anxiety after stroke / Shirley A. Thomas and Nadina B. Lincoln -- Cognitive behaviour therapy for depression in Parkinson's disease / Ken Laidlaw -- Issues in assessment and intervention for distress in Alzheimer caregivers / Louis D. Burgio, Bettina Schmid, and Misti N. Johnson -- Assessment and psychosocial intervention for older people with suspected dementia : a memory clinic perspective / Esme Moniz-Cook -- Psychological assessment and treatment with older adults : past trends and future directions / Bob G. Knight and Gia Robinson Shurgot.