Psychosocial Approaches to Health and Wellbeing in Adulthood

It offers under graduate and graduate students of social work, nursing, mental health, education, psychology, human development, gerontology and ageing, the tools needed to evaluate the interlocking psychosocial factors influencing the lives of adults at different stages of life.

This textbook provides an up to date guide to theories within psychology and sociology relevant to understanding the major life transitions within adulthood and older age and demonstrates how they can be applied in practice. In doing so, it offers a psychosocial approach that will equip readers to meet the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of those in their care.

Beginning with an explanation of the authors lifespan approach, its opening then considers cultural influences on our understanding of adulthood and older age before moving on to provide a comprehensive outline of the psychosocial theory that will be employed in the book. In its analysis of developmental stages, the book covers key issues of current concern including: medicalisation; community versus institutional care; living with a degenerative physical condition; and the Sandwich Generation i.e. those caring for both their children and their parents. Ethnicity, sexuality, gender, class, spirituality, and COVID-19 are continuously integrated themes within each topic covered.

Utilising a practice-oriented case study and reflective questions it illustrates how psychosocial perspectives may be applied within family, workplace, health, and social care contexts. It offers students of Social Work, Nursing, Mental Health, Psychology, Human Development, Gerontology and Aging the tools needed to evaluate the interlocking psychosocial factors influencing the lives of those who will be in their care.

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