TY - BOOK ID - 46379417 TI - Confronting the Existential Threat of Dementia : An Exploration into Emotion Regulation AU - Cheston, Richard. AU - Christopher, Gary. PY - 2019 SN - 3030123502 3030123499 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, DB - UniCat KW - Psychology, clinical. KW - Emotions. KW - Self. KW - Existential psychology. KW - Consciousness. KW - Health Psychology. KW - Emotion. KW - Self and Identity. KW - Existential approach. KW - Personality and Social Psychology. KW - Apperception KW - Mind and body KW - Perception KW - Philosophy KW - Psychology KW - Spirit KW - Self KW - Psychology, Existential KW - Existentialism KW - Phenomenological psychology KW - Phenomenology KW - Psychoanalysis KW - Personal identity KW - Consciousness KW - Individuality KW - Personality KW - Thought and thinking KW - Will KW - Feelings KW - Human emotions KW - Passions KW - Affect (Psychology) KW - Affective neuroscience KW - Apathy KW - Pathognomy KW - Health psychology. KW - Identity (Psychology). KW - Personality. KW - Social psychology. KW - Mass psychology KW - Psychology, Social KW - Human ecology KW - Social groups KW - Sociology KW - Personality psychology KW - Personality theory KW - Personality traits KW - Personology KW - Traits, Personality KW - Persons KW - Temperament KW - Ego (Psychology) KW - Health psychology KW - Health psychology, Clinical KW - Psychology, Clinical health KW - Psychology, Health KW - Salutogenesis KW - Clinical psychology KW - Medicine and psychology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46379417 AB - 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, couples, and families are already stretched. While over time many people who are living with dementia are able to adapt to their diagnosis and acknowledge its impact on them, for many others it remains too threatening and painful to do this. The book draws on examples from clinical practice and experimental studies to argue that a range of responses, such as searching for long-dead parents or clinging to previous identities, all represent ways in which people living with dementia attempt to protect themselves against the emotional impact of the condition. Finally, the authors set out new ways of intervening to boost psychological resources and thereby support people in facing the existential threat of dementia. Richard Cheston is Professor of Dementia Research at the University of the West of England, UK, and worked as a clinical psychologist in the National Health Service for 25 years. He continues to work clinically with individuals and families living with dementia at the RICE memory clinic in Bath, UK. Gary Christopher is a senior lecturer at the University of the West of England, UK, and leads the Ageing Well theme of the Psychological Sciences Research Group there. He has published widely on mental health, although his primary research focus is the impact of ageing on cognitive functioning, and in particular, emotion regulation in dementia. ER -