Journal of geriatric psychiatry最新文献

{"title":"Sex differences in coping and perceptions of life events.","authors":"I C Siegler,&nbsp;L K George","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>These data illustrate some important methodological considerations about the study of life events and the study of developmental data. As the data on the distribution of life events indicate, when individuals retell their life stories, events are rarely discrete. Psychologically, an event expands to include those predictors that later became apparent and the time taken to put the event into perspective. This calls into question the interpretation given to many life event questionnaires that seek to consider an event within a narrow time framework. Positive and negative events appear to have differential consequences. Our exploration of coping with positive events was an interesting one. Most of our respondents did not perceive that they had a coping task to accomplish when the event was perceived as a positive one. Many of the events reported by our respondents were events in the lives of others. Although this was more often the case for women than for men, interpersonal events and events in which the major impact fell on a family member were quite common in later life. In attempting to understand the impact of sociohistorical events as a context for development, it has often been assumed that overall negative events such as wars and economic depressions will have predominantly negative impacts. Our data suggest that sociohistorical events form the context for events in the family life cycle that happen independently of what is happening in the larger society. Events related to family formation happened against different backgrounds of sociohistorical events. These data also suggest that we look for cohort effects in nonlinear ways that would reflect generational communality of an event. This study also has limits. Our sample was small, and as the respondents had maximum freedom to pick the events to be discussed, we only know that we had a sample of three positive and three negative event contexts. We did not ask individuals 500 many positive and negative events they had during their lives and how the events mentioned fit into that ranking. The interviews were rich in the individuals' perceptions of the important aspects of their lives and indicated a realistic group of persons who had managed to cope reasonably well with the events in their lives. The cohorts in the study are of the age that traditional gender differences are founded on. Looking at the content of the issues to be coped with and the requirements of the situation suggest that life experience is what is predictive of coping skills.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"16 2","pages":"197-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17732536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychotherapy of the elderly. Case #4: Psychotherapeutic treatment of functional aphonia in an 84-year-old woman.","authors":"L Beck","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"16 1","pages":"63-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17733976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychotherapy of the elderly. Case #7.","authors":"C B Siegerman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"16 1","pages":"79-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17733980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychotherapy of the elderly. A miserable old age--what can therapy do?","authors":"R J Kahana","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"16 1","pages":"7-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1983-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17733978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Yeats, the Mask, and the poetry of old age.","authors":"V D Pruitt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"15 1","pages":"99-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17815125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The displaced homemaker: a crisis of later life. Leftover life to live: issues of entitlement, power and generativity.","authors":"A Alonso","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"15 2","pages":"155-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18203041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethnic and cultural variations in the care of the aged. Some aspects of working with the Italian elderly.","authors":"E J Cacciola","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"15 2","pages":"197-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18203044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethnic and cultural variations in the care of the aged. New directions in the treatment of depression in the elderly: a life enhancement counseling approach.","authors":"J Szapocznik,&nbsp;W M Kurtines,&nbsp;D Santisteban,&nbsp;A Perez-Vidal","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"15 2","pages":"257-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18203048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neuroses and character disorders.","authors":"D Blau,&nbsp;M A Berezin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper emphasizes the importance of understanding and treating the aged with neuroses and character disorders. Although they are often neglected by mental health workers, the aged with these emotional problems form a far larger group than the psychotic aged who receive a greater share of attention. Stereotyped attitudes and commonly accepted myths regarding the aged encourage an attitude of therapeutic nihilism and pessimism. The unconscious motivation for ignoring the obvious distress of older people is discussed. Certain specific myths, such as the \"rigidity\" of the aged and the tendency to \"wastebasket\" and to view all pathology as organic or caused by aging alone, are discussed. The fear of the devouring older person is also explored, as well as the myth of \"family rejection.\" A number of clinical examples are given of the types of emotional problems frequently seen among the noninstitutionalized older population. Each case is described from the standpoint of dynamic understanding and management. A trial of observation and psychotherapy is recommended in all situations, since even \"organic\" signs may be reversed. Generalizations concerning the aged as a group are avoided in the belief that they lead to further stereotyping and the discouragement of scientific investigation. Individual assessment and understanding are emphasized. The persistence of unconscious attitudes, fantasies, and wishes from childhood is pointed out, but it is emphasized that they may not always carry the same value and meaning throughout life. Certain patients achieve insight through treatment, along with a greater capacity to enjoy life than they had before. Others are comforted by the relationship with the therapist for both its \"real\" and unconscious meanings. Some require assistance in accepting and tolerating more regressive behavior, while others need help in accepting and assimilating their changing feelings about their goals, objects, and sexuality in old age. Reminiscences are emphasized as important sources of elevating self-esteem. Concerns about death and common countertransference problems in work with the aged are examined. The need to be flexible but not to \"lean over backward\" is emphasized. Patients understand a genuine offer of involvement and concern as the most precious gift.</p>","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"15 1","pages":"55-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18185128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The displaced homemaker: a crisis of later life. The midlife years and after: opportunities and limitations: clinical issues.","authors":"M T Notman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of geriatric psychiatry","volume":"15 2","pages":"173-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18203042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}