Older adultsMental healthCOVID-19Social isolationNigeriaThis research examined the mental health challenges of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria using interpretive phenomenology. The consequences of these challenges on the quality of life of older people were also explored. The ...
In addition, lockdowns may increase substance abuse and numbers of suicides [3,4], increase levels of isolation in older adults [5] and elevate levels of psychological distress [6]. There is now gathering evidence that a number of different facets of mental wellbeing have suffered during the...
Considering age, those between 18 and 44 years are more likely to receive counseling or therapy than older adults, however older adults are more likely to take medication to treat their mental health issues. Furthermore, mental health treatment in general is far more common among white adults ...
A large body of literature has demonstrated that there are developmental differences in mental health problems. However, less is known about the developmen
In 2023, the majority of U.S. adults not receiving mental health services, with a total of 56.9 percent, thought they should have been able to handle their mental health on their own. This statistic represents the reasons for not receiving mental health services among adults in the United...
health and ageing of older adults with intellectual disabilitiesolder people with intellectual disabilities and other health problemspsychosocial aspects of ageingolder age ‐ time of change and loss, separation from, or death of family, friends and carersmental health of older people with intellectual ...
Even so, we should not ignore the importance of childhood poverty for mental health in adulthood, as significant effects have also been found in older adults. A possible mechanism of the link between childhood poverty and mental health are presented; persistent poverty-related challenging tasks64, ...
Firearms are used in 55% of adult suicides, making them the most common method used. Other important facts to remember regarding adults, suicide, and mental health challenges include: 1 in 5 people are at risk for having a mental health challenge 13.2 million have seriously thought about ...
This external perception of older adults could be internalized by them as a sense of self-perceived uselessness, leading to poor health and high mortality (Zhao et al. 2017). More importantly, the law of the jungle could lead to mental illness in older people of the Confucian context, ...
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