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Psykoterapi i fjärde åldern
Ersta Sköndal University College, St Lukas Educational Institute.
2015 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Psychotherapy in the fourth age (English)
Abstract [sv]

Socialstyrelsen har konstaterat att äldres psykiska hälsa är ett eftersatt område, trots att många äldre drabbas av psykiska besvär, och efterlyser behandlingsalternativ till medicinering. Man konstaterar samtidigt att det saknas undersökningar av effekten av psykoterapi för personer i högre åldrar, något som delvis kan bero på att många studier har en åldersgräns på 75 år. Tidigare studier visar också att psykoterapeuter föredrar att ta emot yngre patienter i psykoterapeutisk behandling. Studien är en beskrivning av några psykoterapeuters upplevelser av det psykoterapeutiska arbetet med personer som är 75 år och äldre.

Sju psykoterapeuter intervjuades i denna kvalitativa undersökning där datainsamling skedde genom semistrukturerade intervjuer som analyserades med tematisk analys. Det som upplevs vara vanligast förekommande tema för denna åldersgrupp är förluster och skam kopplat till detta. Det finns många tankar som rör det existentiella men samtal som rör den egna döden tycks förekomma i väldigt begränsad utsträckning. Det framkommer också att samtliga psykoterapeuter i studien ser behovet och nyttan med psykoterapi för äldre men att det oftast handlar om mycket korta terapier, mellan en till tio gånger.

Abstract [en]

The National Board of Health and Welfare has found that older peoples mental health is a neglected area, despite the fact that many older people suffer from mental health problems and calls for alternative treatment to medication. It also notes that there are no studies of the efficacy of psychotherapy for people at older ages, which may partly be due to the fact that many studies have an age limit of 75 years. Previous studies also show that psychotherapists prefer to receive younger clients in the psychotherapeutic treatment. The study is a description of some therapists experiences of psychotherapeutic work with people who are 75 years and older. Seven psychotherapists interviewed in this qualitative study in which data collection was done through semi-structured interviews were analyzed by thematic analysis. What is perceived to be more predominant theme for this age group is loss and shame attached to loss. There are many thoughts concerning the existential issues but topic concerning their own dead seems to occur to a very limited extent. It also emerges that all therapists in the study sees the need and usefulness of psychotherapy for older people but it usually involves very short therapies, between one to ten times.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2015. , p. 22
Keywords [en]
Elderly, Old-old, Depression, 75+, Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Psychotherapists
Keywords [sv]
Äldre, Äldre-äldre, Depression, 75+, Psykoterapi, Psykodynamisk psykoterapi, Psykoterapeuter
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Applied Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-4679OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-4679DiVA, id: diva2:820289
Educational program
Psykoterapeutprogrammet
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
Available from: 2015-06-12 Created: 2015-06-11 Last updated: 2015-06-12Bibliographically approved

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