Aging in Context SIG

Aging in Context SIG

Aging in Context Special Interest Group

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Susan McCurry
University of Washington
Research Professor
Seattle, WA, USA

SIG Leaders

Susan McCurry
Lynn Northrop

Description of Interest Area

Assessment, treatment, and advocacy for older adults in a whole person context.

SIG Mission

Our mission is to foster the use of contextual behavioral science to alleviate human suffering and promote wellbeing among older adults, including:

• Critically evaluating and challenging myths and stereotypes about aging and late life issues;

• Promoting whole-person assessments to understand aging in its historical, physiological, cognitive, and psychosocial context;

• Developing interventions and training tools linked to these assessments, grounded in scientific methodology and empirical evidence; and

• Encouraging social/political advocacy to stimulate consideration of geriatric issues in psychological research, training, and contextual science.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) study of successful/resilient aging, diversity and cultural influences on aging outcomes, efficacy of psychological treatments for elderly populations, the role of mindfulness and compassion in care and treatment of older adults, issues related to age-related psychological changes along the cognitive continuum, family and professional caregiving for older adults, late-life residential care transitions and adjustments, aging and homelessness, health equity for older persons, aging and spirituality, and death and dying. We acknowledge the broad and complex contextual factors that influence the aging process and welcome interdisciplinary perspectives and participation.

Description of SIG membership

Consistent with the interdisciplinary nature of work with older adults, we hope to attract a mix of colleagues from diverse clinical backgrounds including psychology, family counseling, nursing, and medicine. We also anticipate interest not only from persons directly working with older adults currently, but also from individuals who have aging friends and family members, who have experience with caregiving or late-life bereavement, who are concerned about social/political marginalization of older persons, or who are themselves not getting any younger and want to know more!

SIG Activities

We have a listserv and facebook page for communication with potentially interested members. Activities that have been discussed to date as being of interest for future SIG activities include: planning aging-focused presentations or symposia; facilitating aging-related workshops; participating in suggesting speakers for the annual meeting; coordinating grant efforts to sponsor a student award to reinforce interest in aging; developing on-line trainings; promoting research collaborations; sharing innovations related to assessment, training, care, or advocacy for older persons, and maintaining a webpage for research/publications.

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Aging in Context SIG: Publications, Posters, and Videos

Aging in Context SIG: Publications, Posters, and Videos

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science Articles

Meta-Analyses and Reviews

  • Evan Plys, M. Lindsey Jacobs, Rebecca S. Allen & Joanna J. Arch (2022) Psychological flexibility in older adulthood: a scoping review. Aging & Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2022.2036948
  • Areum Han, Hon K. Yuen, Hee Yun Lee, Xiaohua Zhou (2020) Effects of acceptance and commitment therapy on process measures of family caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS), Volume 18, Pages 201-213.
  • de Medeiros, A. G. A. & Hartmann Junior, J. (2019). Terapia de aceitação e compromisso em idosos: revisão sistemática / Acceptance and commitment therapy in the elderly: a systematic review. Revista Brasileira de Terapias Cognitivas, 15(2), 112-119.
  • Moustafa Yacoub (2019) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Elderly Issues. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3419815 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3419815
  • Kishita, N., Takei, Y., & Stewart, I. (2016). A meta-analysis of third wave mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapies for older people. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi: 10.1002/gps.4621

Randomized Control Trials

  • Chojak, A. (2023 in press). Effectiveness of ACT-based intervention in compliance with the model for sustainable mental health: A cluster randomized control trial in a group of older adults. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.03.007
  • Kwon, D.M., Santiago-Torres, M., Mull, K.E., Sullivan, B.M., & Bricker, J.B. (2022). Older adults who smoke: Do they engage with and benefit from web-based smoking cessation interventions? Preventive Medicine, 161, 107118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107118
  • Lappalainen, P., Pakkala, I., Lappalainen, R. & Nikander, R. (2021) Supported Web-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Older Family Caregivers (CareACT) Compared to Usual Care. Clinical Gerontologist. DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1912239
  • Witlox, M., Garnefski, N., Kraaij, V., de Waal, M.W.M., Smit, F., Bohlmeijer, E., Spinhoven, P.  (2021) Blended Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Versus Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Older Adults With Anxiety Symptoms in Primary Care: Pragmatic Single-blind Cluster Randomized Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 23(3) e24366. DOI: 10.2196/24366
  • Chojak, A. (2021). Effectiveness of a training programme based on acceptance and commitment therapy aimed at older adults – no moderating role of cognitive functioning. Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia/Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology, 16(3), 138-146. DOI: 10.5114/nan.2021.113314
  • Zahra, A., Mohammad, T., & Elahe, A. (2020). The effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment to quality of life in elderly people with empty-nest syndrome. Journal of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, 26(5), 585-591.
  • Bunyathikan, T., Soonthornchaiya, R., & Charernboon, T. (2020). The effects of an acceptance and commitment therapy program on the depressive symptoms of elderly patients with major depressive disorder. The Journal of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, 34(2), 118-131.
  • Hashemi, Z., Afshari, A., & Einy, S. (2020). The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment education on improving the mental health and quality of life of elderly people with cancer. Iranian Journal of Health Education and Health Promotion, 8(2).
  • Davis, E. L., Deane, F. P., Lyons, G. C. B., Barclay, G. D., Bourne, J., & Connoly, V. (2020). Feasibility randomised controlled trial of a self-help acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for grief and psychological distress in carers of palliative care patients. Journal of Health Psychology, 25, 322-339.
  • Golestanifar, S., DashtBozorgi, Z. (2020). The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment based Therapy on Depression, Psychological Health and Life Expectancy of the Elderly with Nonclinical Depression. Aging Psychology, 6(3), 191-203. doi: 10.22126/jap.2020.5748.1470
  • Maghsoudi, Z., Razavi, Z., Razavi, M., & Javadi, M. (2019). Efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy for emotional distress in the elderly with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, 12, 2137-2143.
  • Shin, J. S., & Lee, B. K. (2018). Effects of acceptance and commitment therapy on pain, pain interference, and life satisfaction for the elderly people with chronic pain. Stress, 26,(3), 231-242.
  • Nazari, Z., Ebrahimi, M. E., Naseh, S. A. M., & Sahebi, A. (2018). Investigation of the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on chronic pain in the elderly. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics, 12(2), S444.
  • Wicaksana, I. G. A. T., Wahju, T., Eko, R., & Yudara, P. (2018). The effect of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on anxiety levels in elderly living at Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha (PSTW) Bali. Public Health of Indonesia, 4, 83-90.
  • Bayati, A., Abbasi, P., Ziapour, A., Parvane, E., & Dehghan, F. (2017). Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on death anxiety and death obsession in the elderly. World Family Medicine, 15, 122-128.
  • Davison, T. E., Eppingstall, B., Runci, S., & O'Connor, D. W. (2017). A pilot trial of acceptance and commitment therapy for symptoms of depression and anxiety in older adults residing in long-term care facilities. Aging & Mental Health, 21, 766-773.
  • Alonso-Fernández, M., López-López, A., Losada, A., González, J. L, & Wetherell, J. L. (2016). Acceptance and commitment therapy and selective optimization with compensation for institutionalized older people with chronic pain. Pain Medicine, 17, 264-277.
  • Losada, A., Márquez-González, M., Romero-Moreno, R., Mausbach, B. T., López, J., Fernández-Fernández, V., & Nogales-González, C. (2015). Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) versus acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for dementia family caregivers with significant depressive symptoms: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 760-772.
  • Alonso, M. A., Lopez, A., Losada, A., & Gonzalez, J. L. (2013). Acceptance And Commitment Therapy and selective optimization with compensation for older people with chronic pain: A pilot study. Psicologia Conductual, 21, 59-79. 

 

Publications

 

Books/chapters

  • Drossel, C., Bruzek, J., & VanPutten, R. (2021). Behavioral gerontology. In Maragakis, et al. (eds), Applications of behavior analysis in healthcare and beyond, pp. 289-315. Springer Nature Switzerland.
  • Muto, T. (Ed.) (2017). Turning 55 years old in super-aging society: Living oldness with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Kyoto: Ratik. https://ratik.org/7288/907438265/
  • Gillanders, D. & Laidlaw, K. (2014). ACT and CBT in Older Age: Towards a Wise Synthesis. in N. Pachana and K. Laidlaw (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology, Oxford: OUP. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199663170.013.035
  • McCurry, S. M., & Drossel, C. (2011). Treating dementia in context: A step-by-step guide to working with individuals and families. American Psychological Association.
  • McCurry, S.M. (2006). When a family member has dementia: Steps to becoming a resilient caregiver. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

 

Posters

 

Videos

  • Aging and ACBS: A Scientist/Practitioner Journey - Plenary lecture by Susan McCurry at the ACBS World Conference 16
  • McCurry, S.M. (2014). Working with caregivers of those with dementia. APA Psychotherapy Video Series: Clinical Gerontology. Washington, D.C: American Psychological Association Press.
     
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Aging in Context SIG: ACT Randomized Controlled Trials and Meta-Analyses

Aging in Context SIG: ACT Randomized Controlled Trials and Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses and Reviews

  • Evan Plys, M. Lindsey Jacobs, Rebecca S. Allen & Joanna J. Arch (2022) Psychological flexibility in older adulthood: a scoping review. Aging & Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2022.2036948
  • Areum Han, Hon K. Yuen, Hee Yun Lee, Xiaohua Zhou (2020) Effects of acceptance and commitment therapy on process measures of family caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS), Volume 18, Pages 201-213.
  • de Medeiros, A. G. A. & Hartmann Junior, J. (2019). Terapia de aceitação e compromisso em idosos: revisão sistemática / Acceptance and commitment therapy in the elderly: a systematic review. Revista Brasileira de Terapias Cognitivas, 15(2), 112-119.
  • Moustafa Yacoub (2019) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Elderly Issues. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3419815 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3419815
  • Kishita, N., Takei, Y., & Stewart, I. (2016). A meta-analysis of third wave mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapies for older people. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi: 10.1002/gps.4621

Randomized Control Trials

  • Chojak, A. (2023 in press). Effectiveness of ACT-based intervention in compliance with the model for sustainable mental health: A cluster randomized control trial in a group of older adults. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.03.007
  • Lappalainen, P., Pakkala, I., Lappalainen, R. & Nikander, R. (2021) Supported Web-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Older Family Caregivers (CareACT) Compared to Usual Care. Clinical Gerontologist. DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2021.1912239
  • Witlox, M., Garnefski, N., Kraaij, V., de Waal, M.W.M., Smit, F., Bohlmeijer, E., Spinhoven, P.  (2021) Blended Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Versus Face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Older Adults With Anxiety Symptoms in Primary Care: Pragmatic Single-blind Cluster Randomized Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 23(3) e24366. DOI: 10.2196/24366
  • Chojak, A. (2021). Effectiveness of a training programme based on acceptance and commitment therapy aimed at older adults – no moderating role of cognitive functioning. Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia/Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology, 16(3), 138-146. DOI: 10.5114/nan.2021.113314
  • Zahra, A., Mohammad, T., & Elahe, A. (2020). The effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment to quality of life in elderly people with empty-nest syndrome. Journal of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, 26(5), 585-591.
  • Bunyathikan, T., Soonthornchaiya, R., & Charernboon, T. (2020). The effects of an acceptance and commitment therapy program on the depressive symptoms of elderly patients with major depressive disorder. The Journal of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, 34(2), 118-131.
  • Hashemi, Z., Afshari, A., & Einy, S. (2020). The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment education on improving the mental health and quality of life of elderly people with cancer. Iranian Journal of Health Education and Health Promotion, 8(2).
  • Davis, E. L., Deane, F. P., Lyons, G. C. B., Barclay, G. D., Bourne, J., & Connoly, V. (2020). Feasibility randomised controlled trial of a self-help acceptance and commitment therapy intervention for grief and psychological distress in carers of palliative care patients. Journal of Health Psychology, 25, 322-339.
  • Golestanifar, S., DashtBozorgi, Z. (2020). The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment based Therapy on Depression, Psychological Health and Life Expectancy of the Elderly with Nonclinical Depression. Aging Psychology, 6(3), 191-203. doi: 10.22126/jap.2020.5748.1470
  • Maghsoudi, Z., Razavi, Z., Razavi, M., & Javadi, M. (2019). Efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy for emotional distress in the elderly with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, 12, 2137-2143.
  • Shin, J. S., & Lee, B. K. (2018). Effects of acceptance and commitment therapy on pain, pain interference, and life satisfaction for the elderly people with chronic pain. Stress, 26,(3), 231-242.
  • Nazari, Z., Ebrahimi, M. E., Naseh, S. A. M., & Sahebi, A. (2018). Investigation of the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on chronic pain in the elderly. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics, 12(2), S444.
  • Wicaksana, I. G. A. T., Wahju, T., Eko, R., & Yudara, P. (2018). The effect of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on anxiety levels in elderly living at Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha (PSTW) Bali. Public Health of Indonesia, 4, 83-90.
  • Bayati, A., Abbasi, P., Ziapour, A., Parvane, E., & Dehghan, F. (2017). Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on death anxiety and death obsession in the elderly. World Family Medicine, 15, 122-128.
  • Davison, T. E., Eppingstall, B., Runci, S., & O'Connor, D. W. (2017). A pilot trial of acceptance and commitment therapy for symptoms of depression and anxiety in older adults residing in long-term care facilities. Aging & Mental Health, 21, 766-773.
  • Alonso-Fernández, M., López-López, A., Losada, A., González, J. L, & Wetherell, J. L. (2016). Acceptance and commitment therapy and selective optimization with compensation for institutionalized older people with chronic pain. Pain Medicine, 17, 264-277.
  • Losada, A., Márquez-González, M., Romero-Moreno, R., Mausbach, B. T., López, J., Fernández-Fernández, V., & Nogales-González, C. (2015). Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) versus acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for dementia family caregivers with significant depressive symptoms: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 760-772.
  • Alonso, M. A., Lopez, A., Losada, A., & Gonzalez, J. L. (2013). Acceptance And Commitment Therapy and selective optimization with compensation for older people with chronic pain: A pilot study. Psicologia Conductual, 21, 59-79. 
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Aging in Context SIG - Updates and Newsletters

Aging in Context SIG - Updates and Newsletters

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Aging in Context SIG - 2018 Summer Update

Aging in Context SIG - 2018 Summer Update

Hi, everyone,
When SIG members met in Montreal, it was pointed out that some interested members have not been getting emails from this listserv. That may be because actually the listserv is pretty underutilized and not many emails have been sent!

In other cases, however, some people who wanted to be on the listserv had missed the fact that they had to take the extra step to sign up on their own. Rather than contact each of you individually and ask your permission, I think that I have today added all current Aging in Context SIG members to the listserv. If you do NOT want to be there, just email me at [email protected] and I will take you off. Please tell me your ACBS username when you request to opt-out since that will make easier for me to find you on the member list for removal. It appears that you can also just take yourself off the listserv, but since I got you there in the first place, I'm happy to remove you if you ask.

In the future I'll automatically add all new people to the listserv with the option of opting out.

If you want to post to the listserv, go to https://contextualscience.org/group/aging_in_context_sig and then click on “create post” in the upper left of the screen. (Thanks Lynn Northrop for helping me figure this out!)

It was a pleasure meeting many of you for the first time last week. I was reminded today that the call for submissions for World Conference 2019 will be coming out in just a few months! So start thinking about what you'd like to do and how our SIG might help!

Cheers,
Sue McCurry
 

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Aging in Context SIG - 2019 Fall Update

Aging in Context SIG - 2019 Fall Update

Hello from rainy Seattle!

This email is to follow up on what was discussed at the Dublin SIG meeting and to open a dialogue about next steps.

1) As of today, we have 204 active SIG members! Welcome to everyone who has recently joined us!

2) The consensus at Dublin was that people want to stick with a steering committee for the SIG for now, rather than go to an elected leadership model. I will not be able to attend the New Orleans World Conference and will be transitioning out of my role as SIG chair in 2020. For the time being, Lynn Northrop is sharing some of the responsibilities of the SIG chair but if there are other people interested in taking a more active role in leadership of the SIG going forward, please let us know. Fall is upon us and before you know it, there will be a call for World Conference submissions so we want to be ready!

3) Two members at the SIG meeting offered to help try to develop some sort of newsletter that could be sent out quarterly to SIG members as a way of stimulating more interest and participation. Thanks to Casey Catlin and Alice Loyal for helping us explore how best to do this! If people have ideas that they’d like to see included in such a newsletter, please share them!

4) There was a lot of interest at Dublin in having access to more shared aging-relevant resources. We have an Aging in Context Resources page and it is very easy to add "child pages" to this site to create subfolders for a variety of useful aging resources such as manuscripts, non-proprietary assessment tools, treatment protocols that members are willing to share, etc. I have created a Publications page and added a couple of fascinating articles that came out of a 2018 workshop sponsored by the National Institute on Aging examining the state of knowledge on lucidity in dementia. Unfortunately, once created, files can only be added to a child page by the person who creates them, so anyone who would like to contribute articles to this new page should feel free to forward them to me to add.

5) Another idea that was discussed was whether we could create some sort of video platform so that steering committee meetings could be recorded and saved, allowing people unable to attend in person to view the meeting and make comments. It was suggested that creating a YouTube closed site might be one way of doing this. If anyone has technical expertise and could help us create such a tool, please let us know.

Cheers,
Sue
 

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Aging in Context SIG - 2019 September Newsletter

Aging in Context SIG - 2019 September Newsletter Community

Aging in Context SIG consultation group recommended resources: "What have you found useful in your work?"

Aging in Context SIG consultation group recommended resources: "What have you found useful in your work?"

Robyn Walser workshops were are highly recommended, see https://www.praxiscet.com/trainers/robyn-d-walser/

Books/audiorecordings by Pema Chodron.  Specifically the "Getting Unstuck" audio series was suggested but other people found her materials generally useful and consistent with a CBS perspective https://pemachodronfoundation.org/

Russ Harris' "Thanking the Mind" video plus other Harris books/ resources which are widely available for free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=206WtwEyqzg 

Kelly Wilson's value's workshop http://onelifellc.com/?portfolio=exploring-values-in-act-sneak-peek-video

"A CBT Practitioner's Guide to ACT" https://www.amazon.com/CBT-Practitioners-Guide-ACT-Behavioral/dp/1572245514

Gillanders, D., & Laidlaw, K. (2014). ACT and CBT in older age: Towards a wise synthesis. In N. A. Pachana, & K. Laidlaw (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology. Oxford University Press.

McCurry, S.M. & Drossel, C. (2011). https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4317254

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Aging in Context SIG: Books

Aging in Context SIG: Books

McCurry, S.M., & Drossel, C. (2011). Treating dementia in context: A step by step guide to working with individuals and families. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press. doi: 10.1037/12314-002

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A book chapter on ACT and Ageing

A book chapter on ACT and Ageing

This is a book chapter that a colleague and I wrote a few years ago exploring the relevance of ACT for issues related to ageing and to examine the relationship between ACT and traditional CBT in this context. The citation is:

Gillanders, D. & Laidlaw, K. (2014). ACT and CBT in Older Age: Towards a Wise Synthesis. in N. Pachana and K. Laidlaw (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Geropsychology, Oxford: OUP. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199663170.013.035 Available to download by subscription from: http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199663170.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199663170-e-035?rskey=JkN0uQ&result=1
 

David Gillanders

University of Edinburgh

David Gillanders

A book chapter on ACT in the Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging

A book chapter on ACT in the Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging

There is a chapter on "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" in the Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging (2019).  https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2

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A chapter on ACT in Casebook of clinical geropsychology

A chapter on ACT in Casebook of clinical geropsychology

Márquez-González, M., Romero-Moreno, R. & Losada, A. (2010). Caregiving issues in a therapeutic context: New insights from the acceptance and commitment therapy approach. In N. Pachana, K. Laidlaw & R. Knight (Eds.), Casebook of clinical geropsychology: International perspectives on practice, pp.33–53). New York: Oxford. University Press.

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Turning 55 years old in super-aging society: Living oldness with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Turning 55 years old in super-aging society: Living oldness with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Muto, T. (Ed.) (2017). 55歳からのアクセプタンス＆コミットメント・セラピー（ACT）超高齢化社会のための認知行動療法の新展開 [Turning 55 years old in super-aging society: Living oldness with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy]. Kyoto: Ratik. https://ratik.org/7288/907438265/

本書は、気鋭のACT（アクセプタンス＆コミットメント・セラピー）研究者とそのもとに集う若き臨床心理士たちの挑戦の書であり、「老い」とともに多発する病に対応するACTの可能性を追求した熱意の書である。実証的データが必ずしも整っているとは言えない部分もあるが、今後のACTの可能性を高めるためにも、有効な心理・社会的トリートメントを求めている多くの臨床の実践家にぜひ読んでいただきたい。
岡市 広成（同志社大学 名誉教授）

ACTは近年注目されている認知行動療法の一つで、実証的なエビデンスを積み重ねながら普及している介入法です。本書は科学的、実践的、そして臨床現場のニーズに合わせて書かれています。幅広い専門家にお読み頂きたい一冊です。
堀越 勝（国立精神・神経医療研究センター 認知行動療法センター長）

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When a family member has dementia: Steps to becoming a resilient caregiver (book by S. McCurry)

When a family member has dementia: Steps to becoming a resilient caregiver (book by S. McCurry)

McCurry, S. M. (2006). When a family member has dementia: Steps to becoming a resilient caregiver. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
Although not directly on ACT or mindfulness, this book for caregivers does include a significant emphasis on acceptance (the author is one of the early ACT therapists from the University of Nevada, Reno and studied with Steve Hayes).

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Aging in Context SIG: Relevant peer reviewed articles

Aging in Context SIG: Relevant peer reviewed articles

This is a place where SIG members can add copies of papers that would be of interest to the group.  If you want to contribute something, email [email protected] with the document you want added.  (Please send only papers that have public access.)

McKenna M .Pierson, Anne I. Roche, Natalie L. Denburga (2019) Mindfulness, experiential avoidance, and affective experience in older adults. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, Volume 14, 32-36. (ACBS members can access it for free)

Eldadah, B.A., Fazio, E.M. and McLinden, K.A. (2019), Lucidity in dementia: A perspective from the NIA. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 15: 1104-1106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.3915

Mashour, G.A., Frank, L., Batthyany, A., Kolanowski, A.M., Nahm, M., Schulman‐Green, D., Greyson, B., Pakhomov, S., Karlawish, J. and Shah, R.C. (2019), Paradoxical lucidity: A potential paradigm shift for the neurobiology and treatment of severe dementias. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 15: 1107-1114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.04.002

Kishita, N., & Laidlaw, K. (2017). Cognitive behaviour therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: Is CBT equally efficacious in adults of working age and older adults? Clinical Psychology Review, 52, 124–136. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.003

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Recent meta analysis on CBT and Generalised Anxiety Disorder in Older People

Recent meta analysis on CBT and Generalised Anxiety Disorder in Older People

Just came across this systematic review and metanalysis that is relevant to the interests of this group:

Kishita, N., & Laidlaw, K. (2017). Cognitive behaviour therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: Is CBT equally efficacious in adults of working age and older adults? Clinical Psychology Review, 52, 124–136. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.003

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.003

The basic finding is that whilst there are no statistical diffferences between outcomes for older or working age adults, the effect size for working age adults is almost twice that of for older adults. The review also examines the protocols of the studies with older adults and determines if gerontologically appropriate adaptations have been made, and finds that in the majority of cases this has not been done. Overally the article suggests that GAD treatment in Older Poeple can be improved and incorporating well described adaptations from gernotlogical theory into protocols is one way to test this.

David Gillanders