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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, VOL. 6 5 1-54 (199 1) BOOK REVIEWS Outreach with the Elderly Community Education, Assess- ment and Therapy. Edited by B. G. KNIGHT. New York University Press, 1989. No. of pages: 320. Price: $35.00. Book reviews, particularly in psychiatric journals, tend to be wordy, quite technical, not much fun to read and often beg the question that most people want answered before they invest $25.00-$100.00 on a book: ‘Should I buy it?’ (Of course, it’s easier to say ‘yes’ if the reader has a grant or runs a library). The answer to the question about Bob Knight’s slim and very clearly written book is a qualified ‘yes’. The reason(s) for the adjective ‘qualified’ are actually closely related to many of the points covered in Part I of Knight’s text, in which he describes the creation and implemen- tation of an innovative outreach model program for the elderly in Ventura Country, California. Not all therapists (meaning the host of mental health professionals which now make up the multidisciplinary treatment team) are interested in the elderly. Moreover, as is pointed out in the book, many elderly are not in need of or are unwill- ing to be involved in any kind of therapy. However, Knight makes a persuasive argument for the need for outreach services and describes the population(s) to be served and their needs based on his own experience in Ventura County Program. If this is of interest to you, then this is the book for you. As a practising gero-psychiatrist, I was taken with many of the practical aspects of the set-up of these com- munity programs. Funding, what to cover in community education lectures, make-up of the evaluation team and training are topics of special interest. Diagnosis is every bit as important in the treatment of the geriatric psychi- atric patient as it is in all patients. This is nicely addressed in a chapter entitled, ‘Therapy with the elderly’. The case examples, and diagnostic paradigms used, are sensitively portrayed, logical, and quite useful. What sets this text apart from others which are just cookbooks or merely memoirs of the successful imple- mentation of a project is the candor with which Professor Knight has presented a portion of the research on which his program was based. I disagree with the preliminary apologia, in which Knight describes the change in writing style in Part I1 as ‘obtuse’. This confession was unnecess- ary. It behooves all users of textbook information to be aware of the work upon which conclusions are based. For example, the readers should be able to decide for themselves whether management variables are or are not predictors of outpatient use by the elderly. Allowing us, the readers and users of information, to critique research upon which the conclusions are based is an intellectually honest and novel approach to teaching which makes the entire project more credible and understandable. It cer- tainly provides an excellent foundation for understand- ing the earlier parts of the text. I applaud Dr Knight’s efforts here. PHILIPP E. BORNSTEIN St John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois Advances in Art Therapy. Edited by H. WADESON, J. DURKIN and D. PERACH. New York, 1989. No. of pages: 461. Price: €37.80 Advances in Art Therapy draws on the experience of North American art therapists working in a variety of settings. The book is divided into three sections-New Populations, New Methods, and Art Therapy Training. The first incorporates 13 chapters each dealing with one specifictreatment group ranging from ‘Cambodian survi- vors of war trauma’ to ‘Fighting cancer with images’; the second combines art therapy with other art forms such as photography; the third relates to the supervision process. The book chronicles the personal experiences of prac- tising art therapists and as a result is entertaining and readable, yet also contains a significant bibliography guiding the reader to the relevant literature. The three sections are a useful format for a book of this size, the illustrations are excellent, but the text is punctuated by the occasional pleonasm. Advances in Art Therapy presents a rounded view of the subject and can be recommended for both personal and institutional collections. ALISON BURNS Camberwell Resettlement Team, London 0 1991 by John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, VOL. 6 5 1-54 (199 1)
BOOK REVIEWS
Outreach with the Elderly Community Education, Assess- ment and Therapy. Edited by B. G. KNIGHT. New York University Press, 1989. No. of pages: 320. Price: $35.00.
Book reviews, particularly in psychiatric journals, tend to be wordy, quite technical, not much fun to read and often beg the question that most people want answered before they invest $25.00-$100.00 on a book: ‘Should I buy it?’ (Of course, it’s easier to say ‘yes’ if the reader has a grant or runs a library).
The answer to the question about Bob Knight’s slim and very clearly written book is a qualified ‘yes’. The reason(s) for the adjective ‘qualified’ are actually closely related to many of the points covered in Part I of Knight’s text, in which he describes the creation and implemen- tation of an innovative outreach model program for the elderly in Ventura Country, California. Not all therapists (meaning the host of mental health professionals which now make up the multidisciplinary treatment team) are interested in the elderly. Moreover, as is pointed out in the book, many elderly are not in need of or are unwill- ing to be involved in any kind of therapy. However, Knight makes a persuasive argument for the need for outreach services and describes the population(s) to be served and their needs based on his own experience in Ventura County Program.
If this is of interest to you, then this is the book for you.
As a practising gero-psychiatrist, I was taken with many of the practical aspects of the set-up of these com-
munity programs. Funding, what to cover in community education lectures, make-up of the evaluation team and training are topics of special interest. Diagnosis is every bit as important in the treatment of the geriatric psychi- atric patient as it is in all patients. This is nicely addressed in a chapter entitled, ‘Therapy with the elderly’. The case examples, and diagnostic paradigms used, are sensitively portrayed, logical, and quite useful.
What sets this text apart from others which are just cookbooks or merely memoirs of the successful imple- mentation of a project is the candor with which Professor Knight has presented a portion of the research on which his program was based. I disagree with the preliminary apologia, in which Knight describes the change in writing style in Part I1 as ‘obtuse’. This confession was unnecess- ary.
It behooves all users of textbook information to be aware of the work upon which conclusions are based. For example, the readers should be able to decide for themselves whether management variables are or are not predictors of outpatient use by the elderly. Allowing us, the readers and users of information, to critique research upon which the conclusions are based is an intellectually honest and novel approach to teaching which makes the entire project more credible and understandable. It cer- tainly provides an excellent foundation for understand- ing the earlier parts of the text. I applaud Dr Knight’s efforts here.
PHILIPP E. BORNSTEIN St John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
Advances in Art Therapy. Edited by H. WADESON, J. DURKIN and D. PERACH. New York, 1989. No. of pages: 461. Price: €37.80
Advances in Art Therapy draws on the experience of North American art therapists working in a variety of settings. The book is divided into three sections-New Populations, New Methods, and Art Therapy Training. The first incorporates 13 chapters each dealing with one specific treatment group ranging from ‘Cambodian survi- vors of war trauma’ to ‘Fighting cancer with images’; the second combines art therapy with other art forms such as photography; the third relates to the supervision process.
The book chronicles the personal experiences of prac- tising art therapists and as a result is entertaining and readable, yet also contains a significant bibliography guiding the reader to the relevant literature. The three sections are a useful format for a book of this size, the illustrations are excellent, but the text is punctuated by the occasional pleonasm.
Advances in Art Therapy presents a rounded view of the subject and can be recommended for both personal and institutional collections.
ALISON BURNS Camberwell Resettlement Team, London
0 1991 by John Wiley &Sons, Ltd.
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