Becker D
Ness Ziona Mental Health Center, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 1994;31(2):115-20.
Middle age can be considered not as the onset of decline, but as a stage of expansion. There has been very little written in the literature on the developmental stages man can expect to experience during his adult life. The criteria and parameters for identifying the level of maturity have relied on terms extracted from developmental theories of childhood. This article deals with the crucial issues and developmental tasks of middle adulthood and the need to define developmental lines based on clinical and epidemiological investigation. The psychotherapeutic problems involved in treating adults in middle age will be presented, including the counter-transference dilemma. It is the author's belief that middle adulthood is a period of transition which opens up options of change and growth once one has worked through the limitations of age and the awareness of one's own death.
中年不应被视为衰退的开始，而应被视为一个扩展阶段。关于人在成年期可能经历的发展阶段，文献中鲜有论述。确定成熟水平的标准和参数一直依赖于从儿童发展理论中提取的术语。本文探讨中年期的关键问题和发展任务，以及基于临床和流行病学调查定义发展路线的必要性。文中将呈现治疗中年成年人所涉及的心理治疗问题，包括反移情困境。作者认为，中年期是一个过渡阶段，一旦一个人克服了年龄的限制和对自身死亡的认知，就会开启改变和成长的可能性。
