In summary, biological vulnerability to depressive symptoms and disorders appears to be greater in later life compared to midlife.
Rather, old age among men was highlighted as an extension of midlife.
Indeed, the shape of intergenerational ties may alter decade by decade as new cohorts enter midlife and older cohorts die.
The two books reviewed here attempt, from different perspectives and foci, to summarise the state of contemporary research into midlife.
The quality of midlife is enhanced not by facing the past but by facing the future and not losing one's nerve.
Around midlife the temporal self changes, becoming subjectively aware of a limited future.
Doctors were no more likely to cite health-care system constraints as reasons for non-intervention for older than for midlife patients.
Pubertal growth was also independently associated with midlife grip strength; for men, weight gain during puberty was beneficial, whereas for women it was height gain.
