内容简介：
This text offers a new approach to psychological assessment and psychotherapy of the elderly. Muslin describes old age as a natural development phase and presents a model of observation, diagnosis and therapy for working with the elderly. Case studies highlight issues that affect this population and demonstrate techniques that foster positive therapeutic results. Topics discussed include a definition of the elderly self; the development of the elderly; psychopathology and psychotherapy; the psychotherapies; psychoanalytic psychotherapy; and the inner world of the therapist.