PSY-8336: Mental Health Challenges and Aging

Northcentral University. (n.d.). Mental health policy and practice.
This NU Library Guide explores mental health policy and practice. Click through the sections, paying attention to the resources (including videos, dissertations, statistics, and journals) that have been gathered into this Guide. Bookmark this page to use throughout the course as desired.

Price, C. (2004). A primer on the transition from normal aging to Alzheimer's disease. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 18(2), 204-207.
This article provides an overview of the transition to Alzheimer's.

Zarit, S. H., & Zarit, J. M. (2006). Normal processes of aging. In Mental disorders in older adults (pp. 10-39). Guilford Publishers.
Chapter 2 reviews the normal processes of aging.

Jiang, D., & Fung, H. H. (2019). Social and emotional theories of aging. In B. B. Baltes, C. W. Rudolph, & H. Zacher (Eds.), Work across the lifespan (pp. 135-153). Academic Press.
This chapter explores social and emotional theories of aging.

Yochim, B., & Woodhead, E. (Eds.). (2017). Biological theories of aging. In Psychology of aging: A biopsychosocial perspective (pp. 31-48). Springer Publishing Company.
This chapter explores biological theories of aging.

World Health Organization. (2017, December 12). Mental health of older adults.
This factsheet from the WHO reviews mental health in older adults.

Flint & Tadi (2023) Physiology, Aging - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)