News tagged with financial exploitation
Research finds psychological vulnerable older adults more susceptible to experience fraud
Researchers at Wayne State University, in collaboration with Illinois Institute of Technology, recently published a study advising clinical gerontologists in the field to be aware of older adults' needs for assessment of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 25, 2013 |
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Why older adults become fraud victims more often: Brain shows diminished response to untrustworthiness
Why are older people especially vulnerable to becoming victims of fraud? A new UCLA study indicates that an important clue may lie in a particular region of the brain that influences the ability to discern who is honest and ...
Neuroscience
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Preventing the inexcusable human rights violations of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities
Stigma and discrimination lead to pervasive human rights violations against people with mental and psychosocial disabilities in low-income and middle-income countries. The final paper in The Lancet Series on Global Mental ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 16, 2011 |
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