- Section 1 The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry
- 1.3 Psychiatry as a worldwide public health problem
- 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty
- 1.5 Ethics and values
- 1.6 The psychiatrist as a manager
- 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology
- 1.8 Assessment
- 1.9 Diagnosis and classification
- 1.10 From science to practice
- Section 2 The Scientific Basis of Psychiatric Aetiology
- 2.3 The contribution of neurosciences
- 2.4 The contribution of genetics
- 2.5 The contribution of psychological science
- 2.6 The contribution of social sciences
- 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology
- Section 3 Psychodynamic Contributions to Psychiatry
- Section 4 Clinical Syndromes of Adult Psychiatry
- 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders
- 4.5 Mood disorders
- 4.6 Stress-related and adjustment disorders
- 4.7 Anxiety disorders
- Section 5 Psychiatry and Medicine
- Section 6 Treatment Methods in Psychiatry
- 6.2 Somatic treatments
- Section 7 Social Psychiatry and Service Provision
- Section 8 The Psychiatry of Old Age
- 8.1 The biology of ageing
- 8.2 Sociology of normal ageing
- 8.3 The ageing population and the epidemiology of mental disorders among the elderly
- 8.4 Assessment of mental disorder in older patients
- 8.5 Special features of clinical syndromes in the elderly
- 8.5.2 Substance use disorders in older people
- 8.5.3 Schizophrenia and paranoid disorders in late life
- 8.5.4 Mood disorders in the elderly
- 8.5.5 Stress-related, anxiety, and obsessional disorders in elderly people
- 8.5.6 Personality disorders in the elderly
- 8.5.7 Suicide and deliberate self-harm in elderly people
- 8.5.8 Sex in old age
- 8.6 Special features of psychiatric treatment for the elderly
- 8.7 The planning and organization of services for older adults
- Section 9 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Sex in old age
- Chapter:
- Sex in old age
- Author(s):
John Kellett
and Catherine Oppenheimer
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0205
Ageing brings increasing diversity. This certainly applies to sexual behaviour. Those who work in the field of old age psychiatry can help their patients by understanding this diversity, making it safe and acceptable for patients to talk about whatever sexual concerns they have, and helping them in the acquisition of all the information they need. Sex in old age is not the frightening imperative of the teenager, but it can still contribute greatly to the quality of life.
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- Section 1 The Subject Matter of and Approach to Psychiatry
- 1.3 Psychiatry as a worldwide public health problem
- 1.4 The history of psychiatry as a medical specialty
- 1.5 Ethics and values
- 1.6 The psychiatrist as a manager
- 1.7 Descriptive phenomenology
- 1.8 Assessment
- 1.9 Diagnosis and classification
- 1.10 From science to practice
- Section 2 The Scientific Basis of Psychiatric Aetiology
- 2.3 The contribution of neurosciences
- 2.4 The contribution of genetics
- 2.5 The contribution of psychological science
- 2.6 The contribution of social sciences
- 2.7 The contribution of epidemiology to psychiatric aetiology
- Section 3 Psychodynamic Contributions to Psychiatry
- Section 4 Clinical Syndromes of Adult Psychiatry
- 4.4 Persistent delusional symptoms and disorders
- 4.5 Mood disorders
- 4.6 Stress-related and adjustment disorders
- 4.7 Anxiety disorders
- Section 5 Psychiatry and Medicine
- Section 6 Treatment Methods in Psychiatry
- 6.2 Somatic treatments
- Section 7 Social Psychiatry and Service Provision
- Section 8 The Psychiatry of Old Age
- 8.1 The biology of ageing
- 8.2 Sociology of normal ageing
- 8.3 The ageing population and the epidemiology of mental disorders among the elderly
- 8.4 Assessment of mental disorder in older patients
- 8.5 Special features of clinical syndromes in the elderly
- 8.5.2 Substance use disorders in older people
- 8.5.3 Schizophrenia and paranoid disorders in late life
- 8.5.4 Mood disorders in the elderly
- 8.5.5 Stress-related, anxiety, and obsessional disorders in elderly people
- 8.5.6 Personality disorders in the elderly
- 8.5.7 Suicide and deliberate self-harm in elderly people
- 8.5.8 Sex in old age
- 8.6 Special features of psychiatric treatment for the elderly
- 8.7 The planning and organization of services for older adults
- Section 9 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry