This chapter mainly focuses on the most prevalent mental health disorders among older adults: depressive and anxiety disorders. Their prevalences range from around 2% (for full-blown psychiatric disorders) to 15% (for subclinical forms) in community-dwelling older adults. Although half of affected ...
This study aims to assess the association between PNC and the persistence of common mental disorders (MD) among older adults. Method: This study included 170 older adults with a common MD recruited in primary care clinics and participating in a larger 3-wave longitudinal study (2011-2016) in ...
Today, anxiety disorders are the most common mental health issues in the US, affecting 30% of adults. In 2021, a survey of 8,000 children led by Oxford University Press named anxiety as the Word of the Year. “It’s the word on everyone’s lip, the challenge of the moment,” Dr. ...
Conclusions: There is a need to educate the younger generations on problems associated with aging and old age, including mental health problems. The study showed significant differences in the perception of mental health problems of elderly people, depending on respondents' country. There is a need...
The proportion of people living alone has increased in recent years due to population aging, decreasing marriage rates and lowering fertility. Previous studies have investigated the link between living alone and mental disorders but have generally been conducted in elderly populations and are not general...
The objectives of this study are to examine the prevalence of ACEs and the associations of ACEs with common psychiatric disorders among older adults in China. Methods The study used data from the China Mental Health Survey (CMHS), a nationally representative epidemiological survey, which used ...
Hard Times and Common Mental Health Disorders in Developing Countries: Insights from Urban Ghana. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 40, 71-87. doi: 10.1007/s11414-012-9305-zDzator J. Hard times and common mental health disorders in developing countries: Insights from urban ...
Health-related quality of life in primary care patients with mental disorders. Determines whether different mental disorders commonly seen in primary care patients in the United States are uniquely associated with distinctive patterns... Spitzer,Robert,L.,... - 《Jama Journal of the American Medical...
The incidence of common mental disorders starts to increase months before patients are diagnosed with almost any type of cancer except nonmelanoma skin cancer, and higher rates of mental health disorders persist for at least 10 years, a Swedish study shows. "Our previous work showed highly ...