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Process of aging : social and psychological perspectives /
Processes of Aging: Social and Psychological Perspectives is based on a monumental series of studies on the psychological and social aspects of aging in relation to mental health. This effort gives scientists from North America and Europe an opportunity to explore the concepts, methodological proble...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, USA :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Psychological Capacities :
- Section I. Studies of Cognition :
- 1. Intellectual Capacities, Aging, and Man's Environment
- 2. Psychological and Psychomotor Functions in Aging
- 3. Information Transmission and Age
- 4. Experimental-Clinical Method and the Cognitive Disorders of the Senium
- 5. Age Differences in Conceptual Abilities
- Section II. Psychophysiological Problems :
- 6. Social, Psychological, and Physiological Gerontology-An Experimental Psychologist's Approach
- 7. Cognitive Tasks in Several Modalities
- 8. The Halstead Index and Differential Aging
- 9. Psychophysiological Techniques in the Study ofthe Aged
- 10. Assessing Biological Age
- Section III. Psychological Environment :
- 11. Appraising Environment
- 12. Environment and Meaningful Activity
- 13. Sixty-five and Over
- 14. Expectations of Supervisors Concerning Older Workers
- Part 2. Successful aging :
- 15. The Concept of Adjustment in Old Age
- 16. Successful Aging
- 17. Personality and the Aging Process
- 18. Styles of Life and Successful Aging
- Part 3. Psychopathology of Aging :
- Section I. Diagnosis and Classification :
- 19. Diagnostic and Nosological Aspects of Mental Disorder in Old Age
- 20. Schizophrenias of Old Age
- 21. Patterns of Geriatric Mental Illness
- Section II. Psychological Processes and Variables :
- 22. On Becoming an Institutionalized Aged Person
- 23. The Influence of Age on Schizophrenia
- Section III. Coping with the Psychopathologies of the Aged :
- 24. The Follow-Up Method in the Management of Aged Psychiatric Patients
- 25. Community and Hospital Care of the Mentally III
- 26. Rehabilitation of Long-Term Aged Patients
- Part 4. Summary and Conclusions :
- 27. Implications for Future Research
- Section I. Methodological Considerations :
- 28. National Studies of Older People in the United States
- 29. Longitudinal Studies in Social Gerontology
- Section II. Substantive Studies :
- 30. Social System and the Problem of Aging
- 31. The Older Person in Family, Community, and Society
- 32. The Transition from Extended Families to Nuclear Families
- 33. The Impact of Age on Attitudes toward Social Change
- 34. Attitudes toward Special Settings for the Aged
- Section I. Epidemiology and Ecology :
- 35. Epidemiology of Old-Age Psychiatric Disorders
- 36. Social and Epidemiological Aspects of Suicide with Special Reference to the Aged
- 37. Aging and Mental Health in Hong Kong
- Section II. Social Processes and Variables :
- 38. Adjustment of the Normal Aged
- 39. Some Social Dimensions of Psychiatric Disorders in Old Age
- 40. Hospitalization of the Elderly Psychiatrically III
- 41. Measuring Incapacity for Self-Care, Peter Townsend
- Section I. Employment-Patterns and Health :
- 42. Work Patterns of Older People
- 43. Seniority Protection for Older Workers
- 44. Reflections on the Health and Employment of Older People
- 45. Occupational Health and Old Age
- 46. The Matrix of Health, Manpower, and Age
- Section II. Retirement-Attitudes, Influences, and Income :
- 47. Retirement-Norms, Behavior, and Functional Aspects of Normative Behavior
- 48. Social Values and the Institutionalization of Retirement
- 49. Workers' and Employers' Attitudes toward Retirement Age and Pensions
- 50. Income Security, Retirement, and Pension-Deduction Rules
- 51. State Pensions and the Age of Retirement, Brian Abel-Smith
- 52. Income Security Programs and the Propensity to Retire
- 53. Occupation and Health
- 54. Levels of Living in Old Age-Basic Issues
- 55. Old-Age Pensions and Allowances in France
- 56. Recent Developments in Income Security Programs in the United Kingdom
- 57. Policies and Issues in Old-Age Income Security in the United States
- 58. Standard Budgets for Elderly Persons
- 59. Implications for Future Research.