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ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2022

Attitudes and Beliefs on Aging Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Serious Mental Illness.

Carol Lim, Gary Moak, Karen L Fortuna, Cynthia L Bianco, Aliaksandr Shakhau, Martha L Bruce, Stephen Bartels

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Article in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Carol LimDepartment of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital (CL), Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CL, GM, KLF, CLB, AS, MLB), Lebanon, NH; New Hampshire Hospital (CL, GM, AS), Concord, NH. Electronic address: clim@mgh.harvard.edu.
Gary MoakDepartment of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CL, GM, KLF, CLB, AS, MLB), Lebanon, NH; New Hampshire Hospital (CL, GM, AS), Concord, NH.
Karen L FortunaDepartment of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CL, GM, KLF, CLB, AS, MLB), Lebanon, NH.
Cynthia L BiancoDepartment of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CL, GM, KLF, CLB, AS, MLB), Lebanon, NH.
Aliaksandr ShakhauDepartment of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CL, GM, KLF, CLB, AS, MLB), Lebanon, NH; New Hampshire Hospital (CL, GM, AS), Concord, NH.
Martha L BruceDepartment of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CL, GM, KLF, CLB, AS, MLB), Lebanon, NH.
Stephen BartelsMongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital (SB), Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital (SB), Boston, MA.
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USNew Hampshire Hospital · USHarvard University · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Peer-Delivered and Technology-Assisted Integrated Illness Management and RecoveryK01MH117496 · NIMH · DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC · PI FORTUNA, KAREN L. · 2019 to 2023
$615k
NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH117496
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Older adults with serious mental illness (SMI) experience increased medical comorbidities, disability, and early mortality, but little is known about how they perceive the process of aging. This study explored attitudes and beliefs about aging among n = 20 middle aged and older adults (M = 59.8 years; range 47-66) with SMI in a state psychiatric hospital. We conducted semistructured interviews using the Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire (AAQ) and analyzed narrative accounts using a grounded theory approach. The mean scores of overall attitudes toward aging and of the subscale of perception of psychological growth were both positive compared to a neutral rating (p = 0.026 and p = 0.004, respectively). Study participants rated their experience on the subscales of psychosocial loss and physical health change as neutral. Despite substantial psychiatric, medical, and functional disabilities, older adults with SMI in this study of psychiatric inpatients perceived the process of aging as generally positive, suggesting resilience and potential positive emotional growth in older age.

Indexed as

AgingMental DisordersAgedAttitudeHumansMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesAgingattitudes toward aginghealthmental healthserious mental illness

Identifiers

PMID34400046
PMCPMC11398715
OpenAlexW3187036869

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