Stress, Depression and Family in Later Adulthood

<h1>Stress, Depression and Family in Later Adulthood</h1>Author: <a title="hasan yahya" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/hasan-yahya/119533.htm">hasan yahya</a> Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds  The factors of health history, sleep time, eating habits, drinking habits, job placement, success and failure, Sex life, happiness, and family income or wealth plus the general health are important factors in your life.  Any of these factors influence anyone’s ability to accept or reject one or more of the 5 Monsters, stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and fear. Depression in Later Adulthood Fear is may be the strongest emotion in human history. At one time, it was commonly thought that women were particularly vulnerable to depression when their children left home and they were confronted with "empty nest syndrome" and experienced a profound loss of purpose and identity. However, studies show no increase in depressive illness among women at this stage of life. As with younger age groups, more elderly women than men suffer from depressive illness. Similarly, for all age groups, being unmarried (which includes widowhood) is also a risk factor for depression. Most important, depression should not be dismissed as a normal consequence of the physical, social, and economic problems of later life. In fact, studies show that most older people feel satisfied with their lives. About 800,000 persons are widowed each year. Most of them are older, female, and experience varying degrees of depressive symptomatology. Most do not need formal treatment, but those who are moderately or severely sad appear to benefit from self-help groups or various psychosocial treatments. However, a third of widows/widowers do meet criteria for major depressive episode in the first month after the death, and half of these remain clinically depressed 1 year later. These depressions respond to standard antidepressant treatments, although research on when to start treatment or how medications should be combined with psychosocial treatments is still in its early stage. <a href="http://www.hasanyahya.com"><a href="http://www.hasanyahya.com" target="_blank">www.hasanyahya.com</a></a>  About the Author: Hasan Yahya is an American Arab scholar, and a professor of sociology. He published 27 plus books and 195 plus articles on sociology, psychology, politics, poetry, IQ Test Measurement and short stories in both Arabic and English. His articles may be found on articlesbase.com, Face book and other internet sites. His recent book published on Amazon titled: Lawlaki: Lawlaki Poetry Diwan, 2000 Bayt Min al-Shi'r al-Arabi (from Emri’ al-Qays to Nizar Qabbani) ,Zawjatu al-Sultan, and al-Zawaj fil-‘Alam, all in Arabic.(On Amazon, 2009). His recent activities reflects his talents and knowledge on youtube’s Dr.Yahya Channel TV videos under the name of askdryahya. Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/stress-management-articles/stress-depression-and-family-in-later-adulthood-1177889.html" title="Stress, Depression and Family in Later Adulthood">Stress, Depression and Family in Later Adulthood</a>

Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds

The factors of health history, sleep time, eating habits, drinking habits, job placement, success and failure, Sex life, happiness, and family income or wealth plus the general health are important factors in your life. Any of these factors influence anyone’s ability to accept or reject one or more of the 5 Monsters, stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and fear.

Depression in Later Adulthood

Fear is may be the strongest emotion in human history. At one time, it was commonly thought that women were particularly vulnerable to depression when their children left home and they were confronted with "empty nest syndrome" and experienced a profound loss of purpose and identity. However, studies show no increase in depressive illness among women at this stage of life.

As with younger age groups, more elderly women than men suffer from depressive illness. Similarly, for all age groups, being unmarried (which includes widowhood) is also a risk factor for depression. Most important, depression should not be dismissed as a normal consequence of the physical, social, and economic problems of later life. In fact, studies show that most older people feel satisfied with their lives.

About 800,000 persons are widowed each year. Most of them are older, female, and experience varying degrees of depressive symptomatology. Most do not need formal treatment, but those who are moderately or severely sad appear to benefit from self-help groups or various psychosocial treatments. However, a third of widows/widowers do meet criteria for major depressive episode in the first month after the death, and half of these remain clinically depressed 1 year later. These depressions respond to standard antidepressant treatments, although research on when to start treatment or how medications should be combined with psychosocial treatments is still in its early stage. www.hasanyahya.com

Hasan Yahya is an American Arab scholar, and a professor of sociology. He published 27 plus books and 195 plus articles on sociology, psychology, politics, poetry, IQ Test Measurement and short stories in both Arabic and English. His articles may be found on articlesbase.com, Face book and other internet sites. His recent book published on Amazon titled: Lawlaki: Lawlaki Poetry Diwan, 2000 Bayt Min al-Shi'r al-Arabi (from Emri’ al-Qays to Nizar Qabbani) ,Zawjatu al-Sultan, and al-Zawaj fil-‘Alam, all in Arabic.(On Amazon, 2009). His recent activities reflects his talents and knowledge on youtube’s Dr.Yahya Channel TV videos under the name of askdryahya.

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