Psychological Test Performance in Patients Over Sixty. I. Senile Psychosis and the Affective Disorders of Old Age

1953 ◽  
Vol 99 (416) ◽  
pp. 439-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Roth ◽  
Barbara Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Difficult Problem ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
Symptom Complex ◽  
Organic Brain ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Affective Disturbances ◽  
Senile Psychosis

Affective disturbances are a common consequence of organic brain lesions of varying aetiology, and it is to be expected that the differentiation between affective symptoms of “functional” origin and those resulting from organic lesions would become an increasingly difficult problem in an age-range which is particularly susceptible to pathological cerebral changes. In fact the classical accounts of mental disorder in old age convey the impression, by their emphasis on the depressive form of senile psychosis, that an affective disorder appearing in senescence is commonly the manifestation of some cerebral degenerative process. This is one of the sources of the widely prevalent view in contemporary clinical practice that there is a large group of cases in which dementia and a depressive (and less often a manic) symptom-complex are associated. The overlap being large, an ill-defined line of demarcation is held to exist in old age between the organic degenerative diseases and the affective illnesses of a “functional” kind.

scholarly journals DDAA and Maternal Reflective Functions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Frolli ◽  
Antonella Cavallaro ◽  
Stephen Oduro ◽  
Antonia Bosco ◽  
Agnese Lombardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Parent Training ◽  
Old Age ◽  
School Children ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Behavioral Symptoms ◽  
Slight Reduction ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
Regulatory Functions ◽  
Age Range

AbstractIn this study, we propose to examine two types of Parent Training (PT) under DDAA —behavioral and reflective types of PT. The central idea of our work is that the development of parenting educational skills cannot ignore the development of reflective and regulatory functions, which promote pre-mentalization, social cognition, and empathic skills. Because of the lack of studies on the efficacy of behavioral PT addressed to the parents of subjects with DDAA, this work took place. This study included 90 families whose children were diagnosed with the disorder of dysregulated anger and aggression (DDAA) according to criteria of CD 0–5 (2016). The sample included pre-school children aged between 2 and 3 years old (age range 2–3 years), who were equally divided into two groups based on the type of PT administered to the parents or caregivers. Our results indicate that the PT intervention, which is focused on the improvement of parental reflexive functions, helps in obtaining greater results even in the reduction of the externalizing behavioral symptoms. Additionally, results show that the intervention of PT with a behavioral matrix does not improve parental reflexive functions even if it guarantees a slight reduction of children’s behavioral problems.

The Significance of Affective Symptoms in Old Age.

1963 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-291
Author(s):  
H. A. Illing
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Affective Symptoms

Old Age Mental Disorders in Newcastle upon Tyne

1964 ◽  
Vol 110 (468) ◽  
pp. 668-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. K. Kay ◽  
P. Beamish ◽  
Martin Roth
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Functional Disorders ◽  
Old People ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Medical Status ◽  
Organic Brain ◽  
Domestic Support ◽  
Newcastle Upon Tyne

In a previous paper (Kay, Beamish and Roth, 1963) we studied the prevalence of various kinds of psychiatric disorder in a random sample of old people living at home in Newcastle upon Tyne. During the interviews, special attention was paid to the collection of social data. For, as Townsend (1957a) pointed out, old age is an epoch of diminishing social contacts and domestic support, and isolated old people make disproportionately heavy demands on the institutions of the Health and Welfare Services. By comparing the medical status and social circumstances of subjects with organic brain syndromes, those with functional disorders, and those without psychiatric abnormality, we have attempted to explore further the relative importance of these factors in the two main groups of mental disorders in old age.

The Influence of Visual Impairment on Physical Fitness Test Performance

1986 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 729-731
Author(s):  
Francis X. Short ◽  
Joseph P. Winnick
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Physical Fitness Test ◽  
Fitness Test ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Partially Sighted

The Project UNIQUE Physical Fitness Test was administered to 686 normally sighted and 484 visually impaired subjects in the 10-17 age range. Significant differences favoring the normally sighted were found for each of the six test items. The severity of the visual impairment was a significant factor on the two running items. Partially sighted subjects made better scores than legally blind subjects on the 50-yard dash and long-distance run. No significant differences between partially sighted and blind subjects were found for the non-running items in the test battery (skinfolds, grip strength, sit-ups and sit and reach). Findings suggested that, depending upon the purpose of the assessment, physical fitness test scores of the visually impaired generally should be compared to specially designed norms and that, on the running items, separate norms should be utilized for the blind and partially sighted.

scholarly journals CORRELATION BETWEEN FORGIVENESS AND ADOLESCENCE FRIENDSHIP INTIMACY MODERATED BY GENDER

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-218
Author(s):  
Heriatul Aisyah ◽  
Ivan Muhammad Agung
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Adolescent Friendship ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Variable Analysis

Friendship intimacy is one of the critical developing aspects of adolescence. Previous research shows that forgiveness has a vital role in the interpersonal relationship. This research aims to find a correlation between forgiveness and adolescent friendship intimacy based on gender. Research’s participant consists of 250 teenagers (125 male and 125 female, M = 16.2, SD = .7, with 15-18 years old age range) in a Pekanbaru school. The sample was collected through convenience sampling. This study used the Friendship Intimacy Scale with α = .82 and Forgiveness Scale, with α = .94. Based on data analysis, a product-moment correlation shows a positive correlation between forgiveness and adolescence friendship intimacy (r = .273, p < .01), which means the higher the level of individual forgiveness is, the higher the friendship intimacy become. The moderator variable analysis shows that gender becomes a relationship moderator variable between forgiveness and adolescence friendship intimacy (p < .01), which means that correlation between forgiveness and friendship intimacy is more substantial on males than females. 

An Affective Syndrome in Psychopaths with Borderline Personality Disorder?

1993 ◽  
Vol 162 (5) ◽  
pp. 641-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy W. Coid
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Behavioural Disorders ◽  
Symptom Profile ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Affective Disturbances ◽  
Considerable Complexity

A preliminary study of the repetitive mood swings of 72 female psychopaths with a DSM-III diagnosis of borderline personality disorder demonstrated considerable complexity and specificity in what has been previously considered a criterion of personality disorder. A principal-components analysis of the symptom profile for these affective disturbances revealed four factors (anxiety, anger, depression, and tension) which showed individual patterns of association with additional lifetime diagnoses of major mental illness and other personality disorders. The women also had multiple mood-related behavioural disorders, enacted with a feeling of compulsion, which appeared to relieve the original affective symptoms. It is hypothesised that these women could have a distinct affective syndrome that has not previously been described in the literature.

scholarly journals Physical fitness test performance probability with increasing age: suggestions for practical applications in military physical training

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Jorge de Medeiros ◽  
João Victor Domingos Lourenço ◽  
Esteban Aedo-Muñoz ◽  
Diego Ignacio Vanenzuela Perez ◽  
Marco Antonio Ferreira dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Physical Fitness Test ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Fitness Test ◽  
Age Range

Abstract This article analyzes the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) which is performed by the Brazilian Navy to check the physical parameters of its military members in order to present the performance of probabilities with increasing age. We analyzed 702 PFT data in this study, separated into three groups based on the age of those assessed by the PFT, as follows: young adults (YA, n=91, age range between 20-30 years), adults (A, n=243, age range between 30-40 years) and mature adults (MA, n=368, age range between 40-50 years old). PFT measurements were: Body Mass Index (BMI), 100 m freestyle swimming, 3,200 m running, 1 min sit-ups, Pull-up on the bar and Push-up test. The main results indicated significant differences between groups when compared Body mass (YA: 79.1±11.4kg and A: 82.1±14kg < MA: 84.1±12.3kg), BMI (YA: 25.4±2.9 < A: 26.4±4.3 < MA: 27.5±4),Pull-ups (YA: 10.8±4.6 freq./min < A: 10±3.6 freq./min < MA: 8.5±4.7 freq./min), 3,200 m running time (YA: 1282,1±172,4s < A: 1421±199.8s < MA: 1566.7±192.4s) and 100 m swimming time (YA: 140.1±45.6s < A: 149.7±37.9s < MA: 180.8±50s) and the regression analysis demonstrated that 3,200 m running and pull-ups were the most affected variable of aging process (p<0.05). In summary, it is possible to carry out a practical application, considering aging process and the decline of the aerobic capacity and the upper limbs strength-power in Military Physical Training.

scholarly journals Beliefs in relation to elderly between Dentistry undergraduates of private university of Parana

RSBO ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Herbert Rubens Koch-Filho ◽  
Luis Fernando Beiger ◽  
Matheus Augusto Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Private University ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Private Institution ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Future Work

Introduction: Aging is a sociocultural concept characterized by the opposite to the youth. Generalization and the lack of knowledge about this stage of life can lead to false assessments that tend to oscillate between positive and negative. Objective: a) To characterize the beliefs about aging of Dentistry undergraduates from a private higher education institution; b) to verify if the belief of the undergraduates had about aging may interfere in the choice of future dental care given to older people, and; c) to assess the profile of the respondents by gender, age and graduation period. Material and methods: This cross-sectionaldescriptive study was conducted with students properly enrolled in the Dentistry course of a private institution, in 2016 (N = 90). The profile of the population was defined by gender, age and graduation period. It was verified the preference and predilection in future working or not working with a certain age group. Also, the beliefs about aging were investigated through a semantic scale. Distributions of absolute and relative frequencies were made. Statistical analysis was given by using SPSS version 20.0. Results: Most respondents were female (78.9%); with a mean age of 23.34 years; enrolled in the 8th period; 51.1% said they had no preference in future work with particular age range; and, there was a predominance of positive view, with tendencies towards neutrality. There were no statistically significant differences between the beliefs toward aging and the variables: gender, age and period. Statistically significant dependencies were found between the beliefs about old age and preference in working or not working in future treat a certain age range of the population. Conclusion: Therespondents have a more positive view of old age; no predilection to provide dental care to a certain age group, highlighting a general and humanist profile in relation to chronological age.

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