title: Helping an aging patient to cope with memory problems.
abstract: Memory loss is often a subjective symptom rather than an objective one. Complaints of poor memory appear to be related to stereotypes of aging and to the presence of depression, rather than to chronic brain disease. Reassuring an elderly person that occasional forgetfulness does not indicate senility, and improving morale in those who are depressed, effectively reduce exaggerated memory concerns.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications*; D004493:Education; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior