Psychological Disorders In The Elderly

In the elderly, depression often manifests as excessive health anxiety, feelings of sadness, depression, and prolonged loss of faith. These symptoms are often accompanied by a decrease in energy, loss of concentration, insomnia, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping and exhaustion.
Currently the number of elderly people in Vietnam is constantly increasing. According to the 1999 census, there were about 6 million elderly people, accounting for 8% of the population. It is expected that by 2020, this rate will increase to about 18%

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Along with the increase in physical diseases, psychological disorders are also "companions" of the elderly. The common psychological disorders are depression and anxiety.
International studies show that depression and anxiety disorders are seen in 25% of patients in general settings A recent study at the Vietnam Institute of Geriatrics found that the rate of depressant patients associated with anxiety in elderly hospitalized patients is very high, up to 40%.




Common causes of psychological disorders in the elderly
The first is the stress of re-adapting to a new situation, when moving from active to retirement.
Elderly people after retirement go through a series of important psychological changes due to changing lifestyle, limited social relationships. Some of them are difficult to adapt to this difficult period so they have "retirement syndrome", with a feeling of boredom, guilt, lack of confidence, irritability and anger.
The second is the natural psychology of the elderly is often afraid of illness, disease, fear of death.
As we know, aging is an irresistible natural process, reducing the body's resistance to disease-causing factors such as infections, intoxication, and stress.
This is a "fertile" land for disease development. In addition to "inheriting" chronic diseases from earlier stages of life, the elderly also suffer from other diseases
Therefore, the pathological characteristics of the elderly are many diseases at the same time such as hypertension, heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, bone and joint diseases, diseases.



lung, bronchus, cancer ...
As a result, the disease dramatically and deeply changes the psychology and personality of the patient. The more severe the disease, the longer it lasts, the more severe the psychological change.
Which elderly people often suffer from psychological disorders?
In terms of age, there are two stages of seniors who suffer from psychological disorders, which are between the ages of 50-59 and over 70 years.
People with low levels of education and difficult economic circumstances are also more likely to get sick. People with many illnesses, accompanied by pain, who are hospitalized many times are also more likely to have psychological disorders.




Forms of psychological disorders in the elderly
Psychological disorders in the elderly are abundant and diverse. Mild manifestations are irritability and anxiety. A little more severe are the manifestations of neurological disorders, with manifestations of weakness, anxiety, obsessive disease. More severe conditions may include mental disorders, manifested by paranoid syndrome and consciousness disorders.
Concerned
A World Health Organization (WHO) study of mental disorders at general hospitals in 25,000 patients in 14 countries found that one in four had mental disorders. The most common psychological disorder is anxiety.
Anxiety may be a complication of treatment or may result from a negative judgment about your prognosis. The symptoms of anxiety are often very diverse and complex.



Patients feel scared, anxious about the future, irritability, difficulty concentrating, motor stress, restlessness, restless sitting, headache, dry mouth, palpitations.
Sometimes patients experience feelings of panic, panic, despair about illness, fear of death. Patients may also have obsessive thoughts such as suspicion, fear of dirt, etc., which require constant handwashing or re-checking.
Anxiety can last for a long time, causing obvious obstacles to the patient's activities, career activities and social relations.
Depression
Another common psychological disorder is depression. A recent study in the US showed that in life, 13% of people have depression. However, elderly people are more likely to suffer from depression.




Depression in the elderly is often manifested by excessive health anxiety, feelings of sadness, depression, and prolonged loss of faith. These symptoms are often accompanied by a decrease in energy, loss of concentration, insomnia, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping and exhaustion.
In addition, they may show signs of alienating their spouse, close friend, constant illness, being unhappy, or disappointed, having memory loss, having difficulty adapting to changes such as relocation or changes within the family.
Medically, depression is a disorder of the mood mood group that exhibits inhibition of emotions, thinking and movement. The patient experiences melancholy emotions, looking at the surroundings in a gloomy pessimism.
Patient has sluggish thinking, manifested by sluggish thinking, not quick association, self-deprecating inferiority, guilty paranoia, self-accusing paranoia, paranoid paranoia.

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