PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH IN OLD AGE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55640/Keywords:
psychology of aging, mental health, aging, cognitive decline, social support, depression, gerontopsychology, stress resilience.Abstract
The article analyzes the main psychological, social, and biological determinants influencing mental health in old age. It highlights the natural characteristics of the aging process, changes occurring in a person’s psychophysiological capabilities, the reshaping of social roles and status, and the importance of family and community support based on scientific sources. In addition, risk factors such as depression, cognitive decline, loneliness, and social isolation among the elderly, as well as effective psychoprophylactic approaches to reducing them, are examined. The research results provide practical recommendations for psychologists, healthcare workers, and social-sector specialists working with older adults.
Downloads
References
1.Erikson E. Childhood and Society. — New York: Norton, 1993.
2.Baltes P., Baltes M. Successful Aging: Perspectives from the Behavioral Sciences. — Cambridge University Press, 1990.
3.World Health Organization. Mental health and older adults. — Geneva: WHO Press, 2022.
4.Salthouse T. Consequences of Age-Related Cognitive Declines. Annual Review of Psychology, 2012.
5.Berkman L., Glass T. Social Integration, Social Networks, and Health. Social Epidemiology, 2000.
6.Жаримбетова З. Кексалар psixologiyasi. — Тошкент: Фан, 2019.
7.Рахимова Н. Gerontopsixologiyaning zamonaviy yo‘nalishlari. — Тошкент: Universitet, 2021.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all Open Access articles are disseminated under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which licenses unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is appropriately cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations.

Germany
United States of America
Italy
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Uzbekistan
Japan
Republic of Korea
Australia
Spain
Switzerland
Sweden
Netherlands
China
India