“It’s not worth it doctor, I’m wasting your time.” Thierry Gallarda, head of the Center for Mental Disorders and Aging (CEPTV) at the Saint-Anne-Saint-Anne Hospital of Psychiatry and Neurology, has lost count of the number of times an elderly patient has said these words during a first consultation. “I try to convince the person who is consulting that, on the contrary, they have every right to talk about their mental suffering and to be listened to carefully, to assess their condition and to receive appropriate care.”claims the expert, who condemns the trivialization of mental disorders in the elderly, including by some caregivers. “There are very different perceptions of the seriousness of a complaint depending on the age of the person. We see this, for example, in the emergency room. The suicidal ideation is not the same for a 20-year-old or a 70-year-old. However, people over the age of 65 in France represent…
Source: Le Figaro
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