According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), depression affects more than 6.5 million adults in the United States over the age of 65. Many of these individuals have…
Category: Behavioral and Mental Health
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Mental Illness and Stigma
We’ve come a long way in diagnosing mental illness, providing counseling and developing new psychoactive medications. But, how much have societal attitudes changed about people diagnosed with certain types of…
Mental Health and Aging
As a gerontologist, one of my main areas of focus has been to study and try to understand the unique mental and emotional needs of seniors. Unless you study aging,…
Geriatric Suicide
The elderly population in the United States is larger than it has ever been and will continue to expand for the next few decades. Within this population, those 85 years…
Mental Illness and Aging: A Quick Look
Many changes take place as we age. Physically, we may experience declines in vision and hearing, bladder function and probably a little arthritis, just to name a few. Socially, we…
Crisis Intervention in Mental Health
Anything can and probably will happen eventually. Health care professionals need to be prepared at all times to effectively respond to and manage a crisis. The people you care for…