PSYC2208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Population Ageing, Dementia, Tangled
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Older adults and mental health: popular belief: Week 12+13: dementia: once people reach a certain age, problem are expected and little can be done to help, become more (cid:1684)senile(cid:1685, not true, lifespan lengthening, ageing population, better health care, lower morality rates, geriatric services inadequate. Normal ageing processes: changes in social functioning: Treatment: treatment similar to young adults, psychotherapy, support for cbt, support for interpersonal psychotherapy, with minor modifications, medications, support for antidepressants, combined approach, psychotherapy + medication. Wisdom: expertise in pragmatics of life, planning, management, decision making, focusing on the well-being of others, wisdom may improve with age, variability within the age group, not everyone is (cid:1684)wise(cid:1685) Dementia: chronic/persistent disorder of mental processes, deterioration of cognitive function, no disturbance of consciousness or perception, caused by brain disease or injury, marked by, memory changes, personality changes. Impaired reasoning: language problems, calculations, conceptual/semantic knowledge, many different causes/presentations.
