Mental Health and Resilience

About this episode

The episode discusses psychological resilience in older adults, focusing on adaptation after adversity and practices that promote well-being.

Psychological resilience in later life examines how older adults adapt after adversity and cultivate everyday practices that sustain well-being and purpose. Elizabeth W. Twamley, Ph.D., introduces and guides a discussion on mental health and resilience among older adults. Ellen E. Lee, M.D., characterizes resilience as dynamic learning oriented toward flourishing and urges a low threshold for seeking help when symptoms overwhelm daily routines. Sidney Zisook, M.D., presents grief as adaptation to loss, distinguishes acute from integrated grief, and explains how intense waves of emotion gradually become less frequent and more manageable; he views psychedelic therapies as promising but not ready for routine treatment. Marti E. Kranzberg shares practical approaches that include mindfulness, journaling, gratitude, movement, sleep, pain management, creative arts, time in nature, community, and purpose. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 40963]

People in this episode

Host: Elizabeth W. Twamley, Ph.D.

Guests: Ellen E. Lee, M.D., Sidney Zisook, M.D., Marti E. Kranzberg

Topics covered

• psychological resilience
• older adults
• mental health
• grief
• mindfulness
• well-being
• psychedelic therapies

Keywords

• resilience
• older adults
• grief
• mindfulness
• psychedelic therapies
• well-being
• adaptation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stein Institute for Research on Aging

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