Confronting the Existential Threat of Dementia An Exploration into Emotion Regulation /

• Main Authors: Cheston, Richard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Christopher, Gary (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Health psychology.; Emotions.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Existential psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Health Psychology.; Emotion.; Self and Identity.; Existential approach.; Personality and Social Psychology.

This book explores how dementia acts as an existential threat, both to people diagnosed with the condition, and to their carers. The authors highlight how dementia not only gradually erodes our most fundamental abilities, but that it does so at a time of life when the resources of individuals, coupl...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One: Introduction
• Chapter Two: Dementia in Context
• Chapter Three: Dementia as an existential threat
• Chapter Four: Dementia and Relationships
• Chapter Five: Identity and self-esteem
• Chapter Six: Being the same but different - creating meaning from dementia
• Chapter Seven: Defending against the threat of dementia
• Chapter Eight: Increasing recall without increasing distress
• Chapter Nine: An existential approach to dementia.