Human Growth and Development / Unit 15 HGD 2124 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Geropsychology and Depression
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The idea
Geropsychology serves older adults' mental health; depression declines with age, and young adults are more than four times as likely as adults over fifty to have it.
In practice
Positive emotions increasing in late adulthood, though nearly one in twenty older adults has major depression in a year.
Where people slip
The misconception is that most older people are depressed.
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