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A Return to Infancy: Old Age and the Second Childhood in History
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1993Throughout Western history scholars and writers have characterized old age as a period of a second childhood and childish behavior. The second childhood stereotype has endured and finds expression in numerous works of literature, in a variety of historical contexts including ancient through contemporary times.
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The Natural History of Mental Disorder in Old Age
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1989In a prospective study, 153 consecutive new referrals to a psychogeriatrician in Oxfordshire in 1973 were followed up for 15 years. The percentage of the over-65 population at risk was 0.27 and, of those aged over 80, 0.6. Alzheimer's dementia and depressive illness comprised over two-thirds of referrals.
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LITERARY OLD AGE: A BROWSE THROUGH HISTORY
Educational Gerontology, 1977It is generally agreed that old people are not widely admired in our society. This lack of honor undoubtedly has many sources; one source may be attitudes derived from literature assigned in school or selected independently. In this study traditional literature was reviewed for clues to the status of old people at various historical times.
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[The church and old age in history and in the present].
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie, 1984Firstly, the considerable cultural-historical efficiency of the biblical belief is shown in its influence upon the status and the self-comprehension of elderly people. The Old Testamental monotheism leads to the disenchantment of man and a sober judgement of age, free of superstition.
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The epidemiology and natural history of depression in old age
1989Depressive symptoms are very common in the elderly. There are, however, considerable methodological problems in estimating the prevalence of depressive symptoms in an elderly population and in deciding on the circumstances in which they may be said to constitute a full blown depressive illness.
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History of Old Age: From Antiquity to the Renaissance.
The American Historical Review, 1991Peter N. Stearns +2 more
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Reconsidering the History of Old Age
Contemporary Sociology, 1984Patricia M. Passuth +3 more
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