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Mutual biases underlying the problematic relationship between older adults and mental health providers
— any solution in sight? | | Author(s) | Luciana Laganą, Sheri Shanks |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 55, no 3, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 271-296 |
| Keywords | Psychiatric treatment ; Usage [services] ; Psychiatrists ; Communication ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Ageism ; Literature reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | As the size and diversity of the older population increases, mental health providers will be called upon to deliver high-quality services to older people. However, many professionals in this field hold negative attitudes toward older people. This article reviews studies conducted in the last 30 years on the biases held by mental health professionals (primarily psychiatrists and psychologists) toward older patients and vice versa. It also discusses possible solutions to the conflicts within the older person mental health provider relationship, based on the contributions made by professions from various health care disciplines on this topic. Moreover, the various ethnicity-related issues that are often in play in the relationship in question are taken into account; and research and clinical recommendations for the enhancement of quality of the relationship. Efforts to improve how older people and mental health professionals deal with one another should creatively enhance the quality of services offered, as well as dispelling age-related myths and corresponding obstacles to the use of these much-needed services by older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030319213 A |
| Classmark | LP: QLD: QT9: U: TOB: B:TOB: 64A: 7T |
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