The model encompasses five core factors of psychosocial impairment in older adults: depression, anxiety, cognitive deficits, adjustment or life problems, and health issues. Considered together, they provide an integrated understanding of the older adult that is more likely than single-disorder models to facilitate successful outcomes for common psychosocial difficulties that occur in later life. The book describes in depth the unique components and complex interactive influences of these five factors as they apply to older adults seeking mental health treatment. A cornerstone of the author's approach is treatment based on stringent care-based assessment and thorough monitoring of empirically supported interventions. Each factor is considered individually from its empirically supported basis as well as its interaction with the other factors. Distinct treatment modules are isolated for each factor and assembled to provide the optimal pathway for clinical treatment.

Model of care -- Psychotherapy / Lee Hyer and Maria Anastasiades -- Depression -- Anxiety at later life -- Cognition -- Cognitive training -- Health issues -- Medical problems / Richard Ackermann -- Behavioral health treatment of older adults in primary care / Catherine Yeager -- Life issues / Lee Hyer, Maria Anastasiades, and Sanna Catherine Tilistski -- Assessment / Lee Hyer and Sanna Catherine Tilistski.