{"id":6117,"date":"2024-05-14T14:09:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinecounselling4u.com\/blog\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2024-05-14T14:10:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T08:40:31","slug":"5-major-mental-health-issues-in-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinecounselling4u.com\/blog\/5-major-mental-health-issues-in-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Major Mental Health Issues In Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“By the time you’re eighty years old, you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.”<\/em> – George Burns<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Kashyap was an octogenarian, a person in his early 80s, a diabetic, a heart patient, with 3 stents and a history of 3 heart attacks. He was on medication for many years. He served as a Democrat. He was an active person throughout his life, ready to mingle with people, help others, handle major crises, etc. Off late, his behavior changed completely. He turned abusive towards his 78-year-old wife. She too was a patient with 2 major surgeries. He became very arrogant towards other family members, behaved irritantly all the time, and picked up a fight with everyone around whenever he went. His wife looked worried, and his abusive behavior put her into depression<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His family and children were worried about his condition. When confronted about this irrational behavior, he blatantly replied and gave up his food and medicines. This worsened the anxiety<\/a> of his family members, as he was a diabetic and was supposed to take timely meals and medicines. When his family members forced him to eat, he threatened to commit suicide or leave the house immediately. This put his children under tremendous pressure. His son contacted a psychiatrist. And the mental health expert<\/a> said it\u2019s a case of geriatric depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This depression is common in older people, especially those who lead a sedentary life post-retirement and are going through certain health issues. Socioeconomic background too matters in this case. The psychiatrist said this is not only geriatric depression but various other mental health issues that impact these older people like dementia, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, cognitive disability, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, mood disorders, etc., to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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