Aging and Mental Health – As people age, they are likely to experience a greater range of mental health issues. This is due both to the normal aging process, societal responses to aging and increased susceptibility to mental illness. (Dr. Salinda Horgan, PhD).

The theory of aging is quite prejudicial to the older adult and connote them as frail, & fragile. It describe aging as a syndrome of changes that are deleterious, progressive, universal and thus far irreversible, and consequently, resulting to decreased biological, physiological, and cognitive capacity.

With the study of these aging theories, it has brought to the understanding that “aging” is a transition of time resulting to deterioration of the cellular system of the body, as opposed to the early developmental time of life where the functional capacity is at its highest level.

Aging is a pattern of changes that are deleterious, universal, progressive, and irreversible. Aging cause damage to DNA, proteins, lipids, cells and to organs. Old age symptoms, such as arthritis, osteoporosis, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, increases as age advances. While the aging process might not have a direct causal relationship with the aging diseases, however, it is a well-known fact that damages associated with the aging process increases the likelihood of the occurrence of diseases of old age.