Psychological Assessment and Treatment of Older Adults

About

Dr. Nancy A. Pachana is a clinical geropsychologist and professor at The University of Queensland Australia. She has an international reputation in geriatric mental health particularly late-life anxiety and driving in later life and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2014. She has a passion for expanding research teaching international collaboration and early career scientist-practitioner support on mental health issues in later life. Dr. Victor Molinari is a clinical geropsychologist and professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa Florida USA. He is Past President of the American Board of Geropsychology (ABGERO). His research interests include professional competencies in geropsychology serious mental illness in older adults caregiving training for those with dementia mental health in older adults reminiscence interventions and personality disorder in older adults. Dr. Larry Thompson is a clinical geropsychologist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland Australia. He has served on the council of the FDA and research review panels for the National Institutes of Health. His research and teaching focus on development of cognitive-behavior therapy interventions for treatment of late-life depression and related disorders. Dr. Dolores Gallagher-Thompson is a clinical geropsychologist and Professor Emerita at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a partner in the Family Caregiving Institute of Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing a co-founder of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and co-initiator of a Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Alzheimer's Association and is an Honorary Professor at The University of Queensland. Her research and clinical practice focus on diversity depression and caregivers' mental health.