|
Dr. Sara
Honn Qualls is a professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs who specializes in clinical geropsychology. She serves as Director of the UCCS Gerontology Center. She has published several books on geropsychology topics that are derived from the annual Clinical Geropsychology Confeence. Her research focuses on family transitions in later life and clinical interventions to assist families through them.
Research areas: Clinical geropsychology, mental
health and aging, family therapy, family development,
family decision-making, early detection of dementia.
Representative publications:
Qualls, S. Honn (in press). Aging and cognitive impairment.
In D. K. Snyder & M. A. Whisman (Eds.), Treating
difficult couples: Managing emotional, behavioral, and
health problems in couples therapy. New York:
Guilford.
Owens, S. J., & Qualls, S. Honn (2002). Family
involvement during a geropsychiatric hospitalization.
Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 8,
87-99.
Qualls, S. Honn (2000). Therapy with aging families:
Rationale, opportunities, and challenges. Journal of
Aging and Mental Health, 4, 191-199.
Qualls, S. H. & Abeles, N. (Eds.) (2000).
Psychology and the aging revolution: Dialogues about
theory, research, and practice. Washington, D.C.:
American Psychological Association Books.
Smyer, M. A. & Qualls, S. Honn (1999). Aging and
mental health. London: Blackwell.
Qualls, S. Honn (1999). Realizing power in
intergenerational family hierarchies: Family reorganization
when older adults decline. In M. Duffy (Ed.), Handbook
of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Older Adults (pp.
228-241). New York: J. Wiley &
Sons.
|
