title: Developmental imperatives in the latter half of life: some clinical implications.
abstract: In the latter half of life men tend to shift from active to passive mastery, women the opposite. Four cases are described clinically and are discussed from the point of view of this thesis.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology