Sexuality and Aging Sexuality is a very important life issue for the elderly, but is often overlooked, according to Cynthia L. Ardito, Psy. D. Ardito frequently speaks on this subject to various health care provider groups in the United States and Canada. Most recently, she presented the topic at the Eastern Massachusetts Alzheimer's Association's Interdisciplinary Professionals Conference, the Massachusetts Association of Older Americans' Conference and the Cambridge Hospital Conference Series. Behavioral problems such as hyperkinesis and aggressiveness have been associated with LKS, but are thought to be secondary to the child's frustrations in dealing with the loss of communication skills. Although many of the forces impacting psychiatry have nothing to do with the academic enterprise, we must understand the role of academic psychiatry, intellectually.
Academic departments shape our field.
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