Psychotherapie im Alter

This paper will address the following questions: What does ageism mean? What is problematic about ageism? What are the origins of ageism? Do older people feel discriminated against because of their age (or not)? How can we reduce ageism in society?

The author describes age-hostile aspects of everyday architecture by stressing passive-aggressive tendencies. A psycho-historical classification and ways of change are shown.

Every person is vulnerable and exposed to violence in public, family and institutional areas. For older people, the fragility is significantly greater and the vulnerability is also higher than for younger people. If you want to understand violence...

During the last years the situation of people of same sex orientation has become better. Nevertheless lesbians, gays, and bisexuals meet hostility in our society. It appears in prejudices and distorted pictures about them, pathologizing their sexual...