Aging:%20Change%20and%20Adaptation%20Aging%20and%20Mental%20Health

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Aging Change and AdaptationAging and Mental
Health

• Andrea S. Schreiner PhD
• The University of Vermont
• February 15,2005

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PSYCHOLOGY OF AGING

• Cognition預ttention, memory, problem-solving
• Self Personality---this includes moods and
  emotions謡ho you are---what you
  value---temperament, character
• Social Relationships 揺ow you relate to
  others, social support groups, networks
• Mental Health-- focuses on differentiating
  normal changes that occur with aging as opposed
  to pathological changes in each of the above
  areas.

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Review of Changes to the Brain and Nervous System
with aging

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