Ageism in Psychiatrists: Associations with Gender, Certification, and Theoretical Orientation

The Influence of Client Age on Clinical Judgements of Male and Female Social Workers

“…They also were Downloaded by [Western Kentucky University] at 10:43 05 November 2014 more likely to diagnose older clients as psychotic (Settin, 1982) and organically impaired (Perlick & Atkins, 1984;Rodin & Langer, 1980). Studies of psychiatrists, also employing case vignettes, noted significantly lower ratings of "idealness" for older than for younger clients (Ford & Sbordone, 1980;Ray, Raciti, & Ford, 1985). In responding to clinical vignettes, one-third of the psychiatrists recommended psychotherapy without medication for the younger (32 year old) depressed client, while only 7.8 percent recommended this for the older (72 year old) client (Ford & Sbordone, 1980).…”

“…In responding to clinical vignettes, one-third of the psychiatrists recommended psychotherapy without medication for the younger (32 year old) depressed client, while only 7.8 percent recommended this for the older (72 year old) client (Ford & Sbordone, 1980). Psychiatrists also assigned significantly poorer prognoses to older clients, regardless of diagnostic category (Ford & Sbordone, 1980;Ray et a]., 1985).…”

Mutual Biases Underlying the Problematic Relationship between Older Adults and Mental Health Providers: Any Solution in Sight?

“…In a similar research project, 350 psychiatrists of both genders were asked to rate patients in terms of idealness for their practices and based on the prognosis attributed to the cases (Ray, Raciti, & Ford, 1985). Three sub-groups who viewed elderly patients negatively tended to deliver more pessimistic prognoses of seniors than did other psychiatrists: psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychiatrists versus eclectic therapists, women versus men, and psychiatrists certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology versus non-certified psychiatrists.…”

Counseling Mexican American Seniors: An Overview

“…In the ecological framework these concepts revolve around the central theme of adaptation as an avenue for facilitating the counselor's assessment of their older client's identity, sense of competence, related- To illustrate further, in view of American society's value on youthfulness, becoming old is often experienced as evolving into a life stage that is unimportant and misperceived, and as a result negatively impacts the elder or anciano's positive identity (Giordano. 1992;Ray, Raciti. & Ford, 1985).…”