Yale School of Medicine, 300 George Street, Suite 901, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2024 Nov;26(11):583-590. doi: 10.1007/s11920-024-01531-2. Epub 2024 Sep 16.
This paper summarizes the prevalence, impact, and presentation of ageism across multiple mental health care settings including inpatient, outpatient, long-term care, and criminal justice. Strategies for combating ageism are described.
Ageism is a common form of bias that has deleterious medical and psychosocial consequences for older adults. Ageism manifests in a variety of ways in mental health settings. Clinical, educational, and public policy strategies are recommended to combat ageism in mental health settings. Ageism remains pervasive in society and in mental health care settings. Ageism impacts healthcare trainees, healthcare providers, healthcare systems, and older adults themselves. Age-friendly practices and strategies for combating ageism exist and need broader dissemination.
本文总结了在多个心理健康护理环境中（包括住院、门诊、长期护理和刑事司法）普遍存在的年龄歧视的流行率、影响和表现。还描述了对抗年龄歧视的策略。
年龄歧视是一种常见的偏见形式，对老年人的医疗和心理社会后果有不良影响。年龄歧视在心理健康环境中以多种方式表现出来。建议采取临床、教育和公共政策策略来打击心理健康环境中的年龄歧视。年龄歧视在社会和心理健康护理环境中仍然普遍存在。年龄歧视影响医疗保健培训生、医疗保健提供者、医疗保健系统和老年人自身。存在以老年人为中心的实践和打击年龄歧视的策略，需要更广泛的传播。
