Mental Health and Resilience
Resilience and Healthy Aging Symposium
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October 24, 202542m 37s
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Show Notes
Psychological resilience in later life examines how older adults adapt after adversity and cultivate everyday practices that sustain well-being and purpose. Elizabeth W. Twamley, Ph.D., introduces and guides a discussion on mental health and resilience among older adults. Ellen E. Lee, M.D., characterizes resilience as dynamic learning oriented toward flourishing and urges a low threshold for seeking help when symptoms overwhelm daily routines. Sidney Zisook, M.D., presents grief as adaptation to loss, distinguishes acute from integrated grief, and explains how intense waves of emotion gradually become less frequent and more manageable; he views psychedelic therapies as promising but not ready for routine treatment. Marti E. Kranzberg shares practical approaches that include mindfulness, journaling, gratitude, movement, sleep, pain management, creative arts, time in nature, community, and purpose.
Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 40963]
Topics
older adult mental healthgrief adaptationacute griefintegrated griefbereavementloneliness in older adultsdepression in older adultspain management strategiesmindfulness practicesgratitude practicejournaling for well-beingmovement a