Mindy Greenstein, PhD, is Clinical Psychologist and Psycho-oncologist, Writer and National Speaker, and Consultant to the geriatric psychiatry group in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.Jimmie Holland, MD, is Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, Attending Psychiatrist, and Founder of the geriatric psychiatry group at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical School of Cornell University.

I happen to fall (bad word) into the fastest growing age group

• Introduction Part I: Character, Character Strength, and Continuity Over TimeChapter 1. The Oak Tree and the U-Bend: Age, Well-Being, and the Experience of Me-nessChapter 2. A Look at the Grownup Years Chapter 3. Character Strengths and Virtues Chapter 4. Older Age in the Olden Days: A History of Aging in the Western World Part II: The VirtuesChapter 5. The Virtue of Transcendence: Beyond the Self Chapter 6. The Underappreciated Virtue of Humor: You Can't Spell Joy Without the OyChapter 7. The Virtues of Humanity and Social Justice: Do Unto OthersChapter 8. The Virtue of Courage: If I Only Had the Nerve Chapter 9. The Virtue of Wisdom: Knowing What We Don't KnowChapter 10. The Virtue of Temperance: Moderation in All Things (almost) Chapter 11. The Virtue of Passing on to the Next Generation: The Bridge Between Past and Future Part III Putting the Virtues to Work Chapter 12. When Older Doesn't Feel Lighter: Loneliness and Social IsolationChapter 13. The Virtue of Appreciating the Cycle of Life in Elders Appendix: Vintage Readers Book Club Readings

Mindy Greenstein, PhD, is Clinical Psychologist and Psycho-oncologist, Writer and National Speaker, and Consultant to the geriatric psychiatry group in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.Jimmie Holland, MD, is Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, Attending Psychiatrist, and Founder of the geriatric psychiatry group at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical School of Cornell University.

I happen to fall (bad word) into the fastest growing age group

• Introduction Part I: Character, Character Strength, and Continuity Over TimeChapter 1. The Oak Tree and the U-Bend: Age, Well-Being, and the Experience of Me-nessChapter 2. A Look at the Grownup Years Chapter 3. Character Strengths and Virtues Chapter 4. Older Age in the Olden Days: A History of Aging in the Western World Part II: The VirtuesChapter 5. The Virtue of Transcendence: Beyond the Self Chapter 6. The Underappreciated Virtue of Humor: You Can't Spell Joy Without the OyChapter 7. The Virtues of Humanity and Social Justice: Do Unto OthersChapter 8. The Virtue of Courage: If I Only Had the Nerve Chapter 9. The Virtue of Wisdom: Knowing What We Don't KnowChapter 10. The Virtue of Temperance: Moderation in All Things (almost) Chapter 11. The Virtue of Passing on to the Next Generation: The Bridge Between Past and Future Part III Putting the Virtues to Work Chapter 12. When Older Doesn't Feel Lighter: Loneliness and Social IsolationChapter 13. The Virtue of Appreciating the Cycle of Life in Elders Appendix: Vintage Readers Book Club Readings

Mindy Greenstein, PhD, is Clinical Psychologist and Psycho-oncologist, Writer and National Speaker, and Consultant to the geriatric psychiatry group in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.Jimmie Holland, MD, is Wayne E. Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, Attending Psychiatrist, and Founder of the geriatric psychiatry group at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical School of Cornell University.

I happen to fall (bad word) into the fastest growing age group

• Introduction Part I: Character, Character Strength, and Continuity Over TimeChapter 1. The Oak Tree and the U-Bend: Age, Well-Being, and the Experience of Me-nessChapter 2. A Look at the Grownup Years Chapter 3. Character Strengths and Virtues Chapter 4. Older Age in the Olden Days: A History of Aging in the Western World Part II: The VirtuesChapter 5. The Virtue of Transcendence: Beyond the Self Chapter 6. The Underappreciated Virtue of Humor: You Can't Spell Joy Without the OyChapter 7. The Virtues of Humanity and Social Justice: Do Unto OthersChapter 8. The Virtue of Courage: If I Only Had the Nerve Chapter 9. The Virtue of Wisdom: Knowing What We Don't KnowChapter 10. The Virtue of Temperance: Moderation in All Things (almost) Chapter 11. The Virtue of Passing on to the Next Generation: The Bridge Between Past and Future Part III Putting the Virtues to Work Chapter 12. When Older Doesn't Feel Lighter: Loneliness and Social IsolationChapter 13. The Virtue of Appreciating the Cycle of Life in Elders Appendix: Vintage Readers Book Club Readings