Psychotherapy With Elderly Patients
- 1 November 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 50 (5) , 254-258
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1971.11697680
Abstract
The elderly in our society receive very little intermediate or ambulatory psychiatric care; however, with some modifications in technique, psychiatric care for the elderly can be effective. The special psychologic needs of the elderly require greater activity on the part of the therapist, symbolic giving within the therapeutic relationship, limited goals in therapy, increased awareness of transference and countertransference phenomena, and empathic understanding of elderly patients.Keywords
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