ABSTRACT

Covering a wide range of topics, this collection of original essays deals with the consequences and challenges of our growing aging population on society. It emphasizes aging as a developmental process while addressing the future of the practice of geropsychiatry and geriatric psychotherapy. This book serves as a valuable resource to guide clinical training, practice, and research on aging into the next century and beyond.

part |164 pages

The Future of Gerontology

chapter |13 pages

Aging as a Developmental Process

Myths and Major Trends

chapter |9 pages

Gerontology Research in the Twenty-first Century

Some Wishful Thinking

chapter |5 pages

The Psychology of Adulthood and Aging

Comments on "Wishful Thinking"

chapter |14 pages

Normal Human Aging Today and Tomorrow

Insights from the Batimore Longitudinal Study of Aging 1

chapter |30 pages

The Self in Later Years of Life

Changing Perspectives on Psychological Well-Being

chapter |12 pages

Expanding Knowledge of Older Gay Men and Lesbians

Retrospect and Prospect

part |71 pages

The Future of Geropsychiatry and Geropsychotherapy

part |5 pages

Afterword

chapter |3 pages

Aging in the Twenty-First Century

Postscript