Psychotherapy With Elderly Patients

Pfeiffer, Eric

doi:10.1080/00325481.1971.11697680

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“…She paints a benign image for when things are going well. Such observations fit well with the expectations that many old people have on entering a counselling or psychotherapeutic relationship (Pfeiffer; 51 Knight 52 ) which themselves may be thought pathological by some practitioners (Hildebrand; 53 Hess 54 ).…”

Section: Different Ages Different Projectssupporting

confidence: 77%

Professional Helpers and Resistances to Work with Older People

Biggs

1989

Ageing and Society

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Resistances to empathy with older service users are outlined, drawn primarily from Jungian psychology. It is suggested that lack of a helper's personal experience of old age allows disproportionate influence to be played by archetypal intrapsychic processes. These are augmented by helpers perceptions of a negative personal future and a tendency either to ignore the age appropriate projects of older persons or replace them with those appropriate for the helper. Consequences for helper training are briefly explored.

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Section: Different Ages Different Projectssupporting

confidence: 77%

Professional Helpers and Resistances to Work with Older People

Biggs

1989

Ageing and Society

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“…In older adults, more frequently than in younger persons, depression is often associated with precipitating events--even when there is no prior history of a depressive disorder [8,9]. In the case of Louise H., I was readily able to elicit recent events that may have triggered the present reaction.…”

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Physical Illness and Emotional Expression in Late Life

Midlarsky¹

2019

obm geriatr

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Louise H., Ph.D was referred to me by her long-term primary care physician (PCP) who was certain that his patient was seriously depressed and in need of medication and possibly psychotherapy. My own assessment, in consultation with a neurologist, was that Louise's problems with coping were primarily neurological, and that her issues were due to serious (and in one case embarrassing) symptoms. Her neurological problems (mild Parkinsonism and PseudoBulbar Affect, or PBA) are currently being addressed by the neurologist, and psychotherapy is being employed to enhance her coping with these symptoms, and to enhance her well-being.

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“…From this standpoint, the elderly always require more care than therapy. According to Yesavage and Karasu (1982), psychotherapy in the elderly must, in view of the above considerations, establish precise goals and limited objectives appropriate to the patient's age, take account of patients' explicit requests, and avoid frustration and failure (Pfeiffer, 1981). Psychotherapy in the elderly must be oriented towards symptom relief and adjustment to reality and not towards reorganization of the personality, for which it has become too late.…”

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Pharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Personality Disorders in the Elderly

Leo

Scocco

Meneghel

1999

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Although estimates as to the incidence of personality disorder in the elderly remain controversial, it is well known that such a disorder is prevalently ego-syntonic and capable of interfering with the onset and treatment of other somatic and psychic pathologies, especially in later life, when individuals tend to be particularly vulnerable. Misdiagnosis or failure to treat these disorders may greatly diminish the quality of life of older adults and their families. The aim of this work is to define the chief psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic guidelines for treating personality disorders in the elderly. Pharmacologically, patients require treatment with molecules designed to rebalance neurotransmitter system alterations, which underlie the symptomatological picture. As regards psychotherapeutic treatment, although there are only a few validation studies, we believe that dialectical behavior therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy may constitute valid therapeutic approaches that meet both the needs and the individual characteristics of patients affected by personality disorder and those of elderly patients.

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Psychotherapy With Elderly Patients

Cited by 20 publications

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Professional Helpers and Resistances to Work with Older People

Professional Helpers and Resistances to Work with Older People

Physical Illness and Emotional Expression in Late Life

Pharmacological and Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Personality Disorders in the Elderly

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