书目名称 | Clinical Perspectives on Elderly Sexuality |
编辑 | Jennifer L. Hillman |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/229/228157/228157.mp4 |
丛书名称 | Issues in the Practice of Psychology |
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描述 | Throughout my clinical training and practice, I have been surprised by the number of times that sexual issues have emerged as an unexpectedly central feature in my work with older adults. I can vividly remember my own internal reaction on hearing one of my elderly female patients tell me that she was date raped a few years after the death of her elderly husband-when she was 68 years old. I can see in my mind‘s eye the blood splattered on the floor of an inpatient unit from an elderly man who smashed his arm through a window, furious that his antidepressant medication made it impossible to climax through masturbation. On a much less dramatic but equally important note, I think about the elderly amputee who told me softly about his fears of resuming sexual activity with his wife of 25 years. I also think about the elderly woman whose inability to take herself shopping to find fashionable, comfortable clothes to fit over her hunched shoulders and large breasts helped precipitate a serious depression. In sum, I learned early on that elderly sexuality is not just about how many times a week someone makes love. It is my hope that sharing these experiences and introducing the related theo |
出版日期 | Book 2000 |
关键词 | Institution; Nation; assessment; dementia; geriatrics; intervention; psychology; sexuality; trauma; sexual be |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4779-9 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4419-3338-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-4757-4779-9Series ISSN 1567-7346 |
issn_series | 1567-7346 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000 |