627 Search Results for Psychology of the Aging
Here, testing is an important component. Individuals and institutions who work with older people should implement regular testing procedures to ensure that they continually provide effective care services to the aging population. Such testing proced Continue Reading...
Overall Assessment
Overall each of the articles contribute significantly to the study of PTSD. The impact of memory and learning issues for those that have the disorder should not be downplayed as such issues can negatively impact the quality of l Continue Reading...
Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older people: an integrative reviewIntroductionOlder adults tend to suffer loneliness and social isolation in the later years of life, affecting mental and physical health if unaddressed. Continue Reading...
articles seem to be saying same thing or do they contradict each other? Is the tone similar in each article, meaning can you tell what the researchers feel about the subject? Do they support the same idea, did they hypothesize similar ideas?
The fo Continue Reading...
Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients
Community Health Promotion Project Design
As we have discovered in the first part of the study, Alzheimer's is a major health issue for the population of seniors 65 years and older. Alzheimers costs taxpayers and Continue Reading...
Temperament Correlate to Physical health and Longevity?
This research project explores if an individual's temperament is correlated with longevity or physical health. Temperament, "…refers to those aspects of an individual's personality… Continue Reading...
Suicide is a serious issue for concern, as it is a major cause of unnatural death throughout the world. A death may be classified as a suicide if an individual has died as a direct result of a deliberate act with the intention of causing one's death Continue Reading...
While sadness and grief are possibly the most commonly accepted and expected emotions, normal responses to bereavement can be varied, thus individual differences in response can make a diagnosis of pathological response to bereavement difficult (Pac Continue Reading...
Mental Health Policies and Legislation
It is not humane nor is it dignified to allow any living person to live in a florid psychosis; this would be a cruel and odd punishment. In the Australian medical practice, the health laws and regulations dicta Continue Reading...
Chapter 2:
Review of Related Literature
Chapter Introduction
This chapter provides a review of the literature concerning hypnosis, Eastern Meditation, Chi Kung, and Nei Kung and how these methods are used to treat various ailments and improve ph Continue Reading...
Depression in the Elderly
Although many of the elderly citizens in the United States in the future will enjoy better health than in years past, many will still suffer from various age-related healthcare and mental health problems as they grow olde Continue Reading...
Introduction
This paper reviews a case vignette, “Anna”, determines the developmental stage of the individual and assesses how well the individual is achieving the developmental tasks and issues present at the Biological, Psychological, a Continue Reading...
Immigrant Experience
And Its Psychological Toll
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The theoretical framework centers of the immigrant experience and how it changes the individual while navigating his or her new society. T Continue Reading...
Intelligence in Older Adulthood
Psychologists describe two basic types of intelligence: Fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence. The idea that intelligence is static -- that it is a fundamental personal attribute that is immutable long ago Continue Reading...
No body of evidence has developed to support these concerns, influential though they have been.
It is helpful to recognize that they are not new issues, but have frequently been identified and applied to many groups and individuals. Such concerns h Continue Reading...
This is also indicative of the very real affect of social norms and values in life devbelopemtn and the way that they can conflict and obstruct the search for identity and actualization.
These findings from the interview also coincide with studies Continue Reading...
Trauma-Related Disorders and Recommended Treatment
Clinical Presentation of Trauma-Related Disorders and Recommended Treatments
On January 13, 2015, Andrew Brannan, a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran was executed in Georgia for killing police officer Ky Continue Reading...
Counseling
Several people who come into contact with troubles in their life look for counseling and therapy. The troubles that people encounter can be one or more of the following troubles: relationship troubles, school related troubles, hopelessnes Continue Reading...
Offered under the same roof are "consultative, diagnostic, and treatment services" which are stated to be provided "by board-certified practitioners in the fields of pulmonary medicine, otolarngology, family medicine and more." (2006)
Smith reports Continue Reading...
Discussion
Depression can have profound and devastating effects on individuals, including the elderly. Since the elderly population is continually aging, it is important that factors involved in treatment interventions for depression among the eld Continue Reading...
Features of Late Adulthood and the Psychosocial Factors that Impact Individuals at this Developmental Stage
A number of psychologists such as Erikson, Levinson and Kohlberg and others have suggested that most humans develop along certain developmen Continue Reading...
Volunteer to Better Health
Volunteerism and Personal Development
While an academic definition of volunteerism is any activity in which time and talent is given freely to deliver services or perform tasks to benefit another person, group or cause wi Continue Reading...
Healthcare for Mentally Impaired Patients
Probing what information is available about the current status of placement or accommodation and level of personal healthcare available to mentally impaired and emotionally disturbed individuals, it is clear Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Programs and Practices in psychological health
Introduction
Numerous years of research and studies in clinical psychology have illustrated that how individuals process received information, particularly with an attentional bias (AB) to Continue Reading...
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Combining cognitive behavior therapy with mindfulness is called mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. In one study mindfulness-based cognitive therapy was applied to depression patients that had shown a resistance to typical cognitive behavi Continue Reading...
Prosopagnosia
According to A.J. Larner's book, "A Dictionary of Neurological signs," prosopagnosia is a neurological condition, "a form of visual agnosia characterized by an inability to recognize previously known human faces or equivalent stimuli ( Continue Reading...
Classic examples of these are relational problems within families, which are missing in DSM-IV-TR. A research team investigated how relational problems are handled in DSM-IV. From its findings, the team recommended the inclusion of relational proble Continue Reading...
Attendance in Adult Day Care Centers of Cognitively Intact Older Persons
Reasons for Use and Nonuse" by Iecovich and Biderman (2012), attempts to determine the factors as to why patients and families don't use centers like these for older adults an Continue Reading...
Let's just talk here at the beginning about doing things differently. How about this -- are you right-handed?
Gina: No, I'm left-handed, why?
Therapist: What if I asked you to start brushing your teeth with your right hand. Tonight, after your din Continue Reading...
Services Presentation in Older Adults
Approximately 75 million baby boomers were born in the United States between1946 and 1964. This generation will stress the healthcare system as has no other generation in history. There are many services availab Continue Reading...
The total study sample consisted of 89 Black and 83 White adults with a mean age of 76.52 years. All had previously scored in the Mini-Mental State Examination scores in a non-impaired range. But although in Whites, the current study determined, th Continue Reading...
Mustanski et al. (2007) have conducted research on genetics and disposition and have found genetics can influence personality, sensation seeking, impulsivity, and social deviance. Since her father was clearly abusive and appeared to be a drinker as Continue Reading...
Respect on the Lifespan of People of All Ages
Respect in relation to lifespan
Historically, the life span or longevity of the human being has been the focus of the studies of anthropologists. However, in more contemporary times the field of psycho Continue Reading...
Traumatic Long-Term Memory and related issues of forgetfulness. The differentiation of current competing theories under review regarding Traumatic Long-Term Memory are explored and critiqued. This research paper also explains the differences between Continue Reading...
Microagression and the Concept Stereotype Threat
The objective of this brief study is to examine microaggression and the concept of stereotype threat.
Micro-Aggression
The American Psychological Association reports that all individuals "exist in Continue Reading...
Maslow gave them that self-meaning and appreciation and became one of the pioneers of a movement that brought the focus of individual feeling, yearning and wholeness into psychology. He sort of read them out and spoke their thoughts, feelings and as Continue Reading...
Abstract
Dozens of research studies have supported the hypothesis that personality traits change as one becomes older. However, what triggers these changes in personality traits? How do these changes take place? This paper investigates some of the an Continue Reading...
Social Change
There are a number of theories of social change, referring to the way that a profession, person, or idea can help alter ideas within society -- typically with a view towards the philosophical idea of making this better over time. It ma Continue Reading...
Depression in the Lifespan
Depression is a multifaceted and complex phenomenon affecting multiple age cohorts. It is therefore important to understand what differential age-related risk factors account for the manifestation of depressive symptoms, w Continue Reading...