The research topic of “Late-Life Psychopathology" is about how various kinds of psychopathology manifest themselves in later life. The collection will include a broad spectrum of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional issues in older individuals, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, sexual disorders, insomnia, and personality disorders. Along with the psychopathological disorders in older adults, this research topic will be focused on the psychopathological similarities and differences across the various age groups.
Psychological problems in older persons are often overlooked and untreatable because clinicians believe that psychological disorders are either a sign of a physical ailment or a natural consequence of the aging process. While the DSM-5 acknowledges that a major depressive episode may be the first sign of irreversible dementia in many older adults, it also emphasizes that memory problems often resolve when the major depressive episode is treated effectively. Chronic physical diseases and psychological disorders, on the other hand, interact negatively and exacerbate each other's severity, making treatment more difficult in older adults. Furthermore, being exposed to high levels of stress renders older adults more vulnerable to psychopathology than other age groups. For example, older adults have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic, resulting in many individual and social negative consequences around the world as a result of the days-long quarantine, social isolation, limited ability to leave the house, vulnerability to the virus due to physiological health problems, and high virus-related mortality ratio. Psychopathology can appear differently in older people than in younger people. According to the DSM-5, in contrast to other age groups, older people's agoraphobia is associated with fear of falling and incontinence, and little is known about "body dysmorphic disorder" despite its prevalence among older adults. In this context, the research topic "Late-Life Psychopathology" encourages cross-sectional and longitudinal comparative studies on the types, assessment, and treatment of psychopathology in older adults, as well as on the contributory variables associated with the presence of psychopathology in older adults.
Under the subject topic "Psychopathology in Late-Life," submissions of the following types of research are encouraged, assessment, and practice publications: Original Research, Review, Systematic Review, Brief Research Report, Case Report, Clinical Trial, Data Report, General Commentary, Hypothesis, and Theory. The following are some of the issues relevant to psychopathology in older adults;
• Psychopathological Disorders in Later-Life
• Death Anxiety: Death and Dying in Later Life
• Psychological Traumas in Later-Life
• Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning in Later-Life
• Sexual Dysfunctions in Later Life
• Insomnia in Older Adults
• Substance Abuse Disorders
• Late-Life Suicide
• Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
• Neglect, Abuse, and Violence Against Older
• Assessment of Older Adult Psychopathology
The research topic of “Late-Life Psychopathology" is about how various kinds of psychopathology manifest themselves in later life. The collection will include a broad spectrum of behavioral, cognitive, and emotional issues in older individuals, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, sexual disorders, insomnia, and personality disorders. Along with the psychopathological disorders in older adults, this research topic will be focused on the psychopathological similarities and differences across the various age groups.
Psychological problems in older persons are often overlooked and untreatable because clinicians believe that psychological disorders are either a sign of a physical ailment or a natural consequence of the aging process. While the DSM-5 acknowledges that a major depressive episode may be the first sign of irreversible dementia in many older adults, it also emphasizes that memory problems often resolve when the major depressive episode is treated effectively. Chronic physical diseases and psychological disorders, on the other hand, interact negatively and exacerbate each other's severity, making treatment more difficult in older adults. Furthermore, being exposed to high levels of stress renders older adults more vulnerable to psychopathology than other age groups. For example, older adults have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic, resulting in many individual and social negative consequences around the world as a result of the days-long quarantine, social isolation, limited ability to leave the house, vulnerability to the virus due to physiological health problems, and high virus-related mortality ratio. Psychopathology can appear differently in older people than in younger people. According to the DSM-5, in contrast to other age groups, older people's agoraphobia is associated with fear of falling and incontinence, and little is known about "body dysmorphic disorder" despite its prevalence among older adults. In this context, the research topic "Late-Life Psychopathology" encourages cross-sectional and longitudinal comparative studies on the types, assessment, and treatment of psychopathology in older adults, as well as on the contributory variables associated with the presence of psychopathology in older adults.
Under the subject topic "Psychopathology in Late-Life," submissions of the following types of research are encouraged, assessment, and practice publications: Original Research, Review, Systematic Review, Brief Research Report, Case Report, Clinical Trial, Data Report, General Commentary, Hypothesis, and Theory. The following are some of the issues relevant to psychopathology in older adults;
• Psychopathological Disorders in Later-Life
• Death Anxiety: Death and Dying in Later Life
• Psychological Traumas in Later-Life
• Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning in Later-Life
• Sexual Dysfunctions in Later Life
• Insomnia in Older Adults
• Substance Abuse Disorders
• Late-Life Suicide
• Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
• Neglect, Abuse, and Violence Against Older
• Assessment of Older Adult Psychopathology