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WHAT ARE METHODS FOR PROTECTING FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL AGING
Psychological aging, like biological aging, is considered a normal process. Turkey Medicals member and Expert Clinical Psychologist listed the important tricks of preventing psychological aging as learning new things, striving to establish social relationships, setting goals, fighting stress and maintaining moral motivation, eating healthy, sleeping regularly and exercising. Here is the secret to living healthy and preventing psychological aging…
Turkey Medicals member Expert Clinical Psychologist who stated that a person begins to age as soon as he is born, said, “Since the human brain is also affected by biological aging, memory, attention, perception weaken chronologically depending on age, learning new things becomes difficult. His desire to make big changes in his life and his attacks may decrease. Of course, there are also aspects of aging that make life beautiful. Depending on the life experience, skills such as being able to think logically and correctly, make the right decisions, be more consistent, tolerant, patient increase. While gaining the identity of an elderly person with more experience in a psychological sense; due to his old age, he has a respectable place in the social sense. These are in the natural structure of aging,” he said.
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PSYCHOLOGICAL AGING IS AN INDEPENDENT FUNCTIONING PROCESS
Noting that psychological aging is a separate process that functions independently of biological aging, Expert Clinical Psychologist, said, “Many studies have been conducted on this issue, theories have been developed, and it seems that individual differences have come to the fore. Biological aging, especially at older ages and performance begin with losses of weaknesses body reveals itself as a psychological dimension made up of aging, the gains more than losses,” he said.
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MORALE IS AN IMPORTANT DETERMINANT OF QUALITY OF LIFE
Noting that in addition to living longer today, living a better quality life and the factors affecting it have become important, said, “Morale is an important determinant in old age. Morale is an important decider of both well-being and the quality of life that is ignored in old age,” he said.
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THE QUALITY OF SOCIAL RELATIONS AFFECTS PSYCHOLOGY
Expert Clinical Psychologist in Antalya said, “Moral and emotional transfers in psychological aging seem to be related to maintaining mutual relationships, solidarity, maintaining family-kinship and neighborly relationships. The quantity and quality of social relations affect the elderly psychologically,” he explained.
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THE STATE OF MORALE IS MORE EFFECTIVE IN MAINTAINING LIFE
”In research, it is stated that the mental and moral state is more effective in maintaining life for an elderly person than the importance of a decrease in physical capacity and deterioration of health in old age,” Antalya Expert Psychologist said:
“The social network consisting of the spouse, family and friends around the elderly person meets the basic social needs of individuals such as love, loyalty, self-esteem and belonging to a group. It positively affects physical and psychological health. Dignity, which arises as a result of social support, makes a positive contribution to increasing morale and satisfaction with life, coping with stressful events.”
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5 CRITERIA OF HEALTHY LIVING
Turkish expert clinical Psychologist listed the 5 criteria of healthy living as follows:
- Physical well-being: To develop conscious and balanced eating habits, to do regular physical activity and to stay away from harmful habits.
. - Mental well-being: It is the stimulation of the brain by constantly reading, watching, listening, keeping mental activity alive by solving problems and puzzles, and developing leisure activities related to other dexterity and artistic abilities.
. - Social well-being: It is an effort to establish good communication and relationships with relatives or other people around us, to make a positive contribution to society and the environment.
. - Spiritual well-being: No matter at what age a person has expectations and goals from life all the time, he has strong ethical values and morality.
. - Emotional well-being: To be able to understand and share your feelings and thoughts about others and yourself, to be able to be emotionally balanced.
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HOW TO PREVENT PSYCHOLOGICAL AGING?
The Turkish expert Psychologist listed seven important tricks to prevent psychological aging as follows:
– Keeping the mind active by constantly learning new things
– To combat stress and maintain moral motivation
– Making efforts to establish social relations
– To have goals for the future in your life
– Healthy eating
– Sports and regular exercise
– Maintaining sleep patterns
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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