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  1. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

    Gerontology & Geriatrics Education - Free Access to the Special Issue

    Gerontology & Geriatrics Education
    Free Access to the Special Issue: The Evolution of Service-Learning: New Models and Directions
    Volume 34, Issue 1, 2013

  2. Journal of Aging & Social Policy

    Special Issues from Journal of Aging & Social Policy

    New Special Issues from the Journal of Aging & Social Policy on The Woodwork Effect and Nursing Home Policies...

  3. How Open Access will change Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences

    In a major contribution to the era-defining debate, this full Special Issue of Psychological Inquiry offers a range of views on how the Open Access Science movement will impact the study and practice of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences.

    Click here to read the FREE Special Issue in full.

  4. The New Books in Mental Health January-April 2013 online catalog is now available!

    This online catalog is filled with the latest mental health books from Routledge, Guilford Press and Psychology Press.

    A few publishing highlights can be seen below. For a full list of books, simply click on the subject area you are interested in on the left hand side of your screen.  

  5. Author Mo Wang wins APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology

    Routledge author Mo Wang has recently been selected as a recipient of the 2013 American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in the area of applied research.

    Dr. Wang will be presented with a formal personalized award citation along with a $1,000 prize to be shared with Dr. Andres De Los Reyes of the University of Maryland at the APA Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31-August 4, 2013. An announcement of all APA award recipients will also be printed in the May 2013 APA Monitor.

    We congratulate Dr.Wang on this great honor!

    For more information on the APA Distinguished Scientific Awards for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, click here 

  6. Group Techniques for Aging Adults

    Elders can struggle with issues of social isolation and self-esteem, and benefit from having positive coping skills at their disposal. The practical ideas Kathie Erwin imparts in this second edition help mental health professionals working with elderly populations to create an interactive, multi-modal program that addresses the issues and needs elders have. The group modalities are defined in holistic contexts of mind, body, society, and spirituality. Among the group modalities are reminiscence, bibliotherapy, remotivation, humor, expressive art, and therapeutic writing and sacred spaces, which are new to this edition.

  7. Resilient Grandparent Caregivers

    The study of grandparents raising grandchildren, now almost two decades old, has tended to have a negative bias, emphasizing the difficulties such people face and the negative impact that grandparent caregiving has on them physically, socially, and emotionally. This edited book seeks to reverse this trend by taking a positive approach to understanding grandparent caregivers, focusing on their resilience and resourcefulness. This method reflects a strengths-based approach and the importance of benefit-finding and positive coping.

  8. Clinical Gerontologist

    International Perspectives on Nonpharmacological Best Practices for Dementia Family Caregivers: A Review

    This comprehensive review brings together the latest international research on dementia family caregivers. The authors review evidence-based programs from various countries and present several specific policy recommendations, providing a great value to researchers, service providers, and policymakers. This review paper is authored by Stanford GEC's Director Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, and international scholars from Australia, Hong Kong, Spain, Taiwan and the UK.

  9. Clinical Gerontologist

    New Research Review on International Dementia Care.

    Read the press release here.
     

  10. Journal of Aging & Social Policy

    Special Issue – Critical Essays on Health Care Reform: The Affordable Care Act, Long-Term Care, and Elders
    Free Access to the Introduction

    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes several provisions that aim to improve prevailing deficiencies in the nation's long-term care system. But just how effective is the ACA likely to be in addressing these challenges? Will it result in meaningful or marginal reform? This special issue of Journal of Aging & Social Policy seeks to answer these questions.
     

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