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Recognition, Relevance and Deactivation of Gerontophobia: Theoretical Essay
Author(s) -
BUNZEL JOSEPH H.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1973.tb01222.x
Subject(s) - medicine , relevance (law) , psychopathology , mechanism (biology) , irrational number , psychotherapist , epistemology , psychiatry , law , psychology , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , political science
Gerontophobia, or irrational dislike of the elderly, is a psychopathological defense mechanism on a mass basis. There are medical, legal and social varieties. Three therapeutic possibilities are: 1) mass education, 2) insight therapy, and 3) intra‐group mobilization.