Ehud Bodner discusses how ageism affects behavioral health treatment for older adults, both historically and today. Access the full video above and scroll down for some of our favorite quotes from his TED Talk.
“The next generation of older adults seems to have more positive views about the beneficial effects of psychotherapy [than previous generations]... However, in order to leverage this positive shift, we have to demand governments to allocate more financial resources for treatment tailored for older adults and invest money in the geriatric training of professionals. ”
“Moreover, social scientists are also called to invest more effort and to refine and focus their studies on creating diagnostic criteria that are suitable for older adults, and also to develop therapeutic methods for this population.”
“The collaboration between social scientists and psychotherapists in treating this population is very important.”