title: Geriatric sexuality breakdown syndrome.
abstract: This paper focuses on the relationship between the social environment and the older individual. By utilizing the Social Breakdown Syndrome [1, 2] as a basis for examining this relationship, the author has proposed a cycle of events, the Geriatric Sexuality Breakdown Syndrome, in which an older individual is initially predisposed to diminished sexual activity to the end point of self-identification as non-sexual. Suggestions for interrupting this breakdown syndrome are given.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000375:Aging; D003463:Cues; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012803:Sick Role; D012931:Social Environment; D013240:Stereotyping