Health and Medicine in Aging and Mental Health

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Health and Medicine in Aging and Mental Health
Introduction
It is evident that in today’s society, mental health issues in older population is increasing
day by day. In human life cycle, aging process can be frustrating for many reasons. Mental
health is a level of psychological wellbeing or an absence of mental illness where psychological
stare functions at a satisfactory level of emotion, behavior and adjustment (Wyatt & Oswalt,
2013). Aging is a time for adaptation and change and it is hard to maintain all balance in great
quality. Due to age factor adult people typically are not mentally, physically strong and
independent as they used to be before. Aging people are more vulnerable and downcast to illness
and diseases. There are several internal and external factors that also play a major role in aging
people. In the words of Bengtson (2018) the main factors are income, illness, relationship with
family, loss of dearest and nearest persons in life, company, care, housing, transportation and
mobility etc.
As people age they face many problems and challenges as well as different level of stress.
In this century, on one hand, all over the world people are living longer and longer due to quality
of life and on the other hand with increasing age, far too many people fall victim to mental health
problems which is very common but painful. With the aging process people mobility may slow
down and sight slowly diminish and these changes can directly affect their mental health. There
are types of forms of mental illnesses and diseases. One of them is depression which relates our
feelings of happiness (Lamar et al., 2013). It prevents from enjoying life and take a toll on
physical health as well. Dementia, anxiety and other mental health concerns are also common.
The basis of mental health problems for aging people often shows from frustration, loneliness,
inability to preform daily activities, despair, being negligence from family member or
community.

Health and Medicine in Aging and Mental Health
Who does it impact?
Everyday everywhere many adult people are facing mental health problems which can’t
be avoided. Mental health problems and illnesses among adults are likely to affect every family
not in only Canada but all around the world in some way (Pearson, Janz & Ali, 2013). Some of
the most common mental health disorders are anxiety and panic disorder, bipolar disorder,
depression, and schizophrenia. The disruption in behavioural patterns that are caused due to
mental health problems are often responsible for bringing about a significant impairment and
distress in the personal functioning of the individual.
What are the impacts?
According to Steptoe, Deaton and Stone (2015) the probable course and consequence of
mental disorders differs and is dependent on plentiful factors connected to the disorder, the
person as a whole, and the environment, and the society. Several studies conducted on
schizophrenia have reported that more than half of persons usually recover from their symptoms.
According to Slade et al. (2014) while some people suffering from mental health problems report
serious difficulties, "late" recovery is still reasonable. Owing to the fact that psychological
disorders are found to create a negative impact on the family members and the communities of
the mentally hostile, besides the sufferers, there is a need to develop a sound understanding the
consequences of mental disease on discrete patients and the existing social systems. This will
facilitate bringing about an improvement in the mental healthcare system and will also aid the
development of operative healthcare delivery programs (Clement et al., 2015). Individuals
suffering from aging and mental disorders are at larger risks for reduced quality of life, poverty,
dropped productivity, social difficulties, susceptibility to abuse, and further health problems
(Fredriksen-Goldsen et al., 2014). There is mounting evidence for the fact that people with