Reduction in dissociation due to aging and cognitive deficit
| Autor: | Jerry Gregory, Michelle Gardner, Ray Walker, Richard M. Bloch, Stanley P. Oakley |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Personality Inventory Psychometrics medicine.drug_class lcsh:RC435-571 Dissociative Experiences Scale Dissociative Disorders Dissociative Reference Values lcsh:Psychiatry medicine Humans Dissociative disorders Psychiatry Cognitive deficit Aged Cognitive disorder Age Factors Cognition Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Female medicine.symptom Cognition Disorders Mental Status Schedule Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 37, Iss 1, Pp 31-36 (1996) |
| Popis: | Our objective was to investigate whether dissociative experiences occur less frequently in older psychiatric patients than in younger adult patients, and to examine the role of cognitive deficits in the frequency of dissociative events. Fifty-two outpatients 60 years and older were administered the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) and the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE). Their scores were compared with those of 50 outpatients 35 to 55 years old. Each group included patients sampled from the Mental Health Center (MHC) and University Medical Center clinics. Older patients showed significantly lower DES and MMSE median scores than younger patients. Cognitive deficit reflected by reduced MMSE scores also was associated with reduced DES scores for younger and older patients. Older patients with little or no cognitive deficit continued to show reduced DES scores. Decreases in dissociativity continue well beyond the fourth decade and do not rely on age-related cognitive deficit. Factors related to the aging process seem to mediate reductions in dissociativity independent of reductions mediated by cognitive deficit. The use of the DES for screening without adjusting for age and cognitive status is questioned. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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