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COURSE DESCRIPTION

HSGER210 — Aging and Mental Health  (5 cr)

An introduction to the theory and skills of aging and mental health as related to the aging process. As the aging process develops, several environmental changes occur that bring about physiological and psychological changes in some elderly persons. Students study the biological determinants, the speed of normal behavioral changes with age, the awareness of dysfunctions and senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type. (SFCC)
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