Mental illness in old age, how to treat it?
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https://doi.org/10.25118/issn.2965-1832.2023.1061Keywords:
mental disease, third age, elderly health, elderly, mental healthAbstract
Third age is a time in life when we need to pay attention to the people who enter it, especially at this time when so much care is needed. According to the latest survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the number of elderly people grew 18% between 2012 and 2017 and surpassed the mark of 30 million people. During this period, many changes occur, which can accentuate the development of mental illnesses. What are the main disorders at this age? Has the pandemic affected the mental health of the elderly a lot?
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Copyright (c) 2023 Maria Benedita Barbosa Reis, Marcus Kiiti Borges, Octávio Augusto Michels
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