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- Title
Geriatric Mental Health in Indian Prospective: Challenges, Research and Management.
- Authors
Kumar, Pradeep; Panday, Rishi; Rathee, Sushma; Malik, Ashish; Gupta, Rajiv
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to provide glimpses of demographic scenario of elderly in India and its consequences, need and status of geriatric mental health research. The data was collected from studies published in various journals on the issue. Studies indicate that the number of elderly above 60 years in India will increase to 198 million in 2030. The special features of the elderly population in India are: a majority of them being in the rural areas, feminization of the elderly population, increase in the number of the older-old especially above 80 years and a large percentage of the elderly being below poverty line. It is concluded that the mental morbidity is going to increase in future and there is a need to act quickly by professional and policy makers to focus on research in this area and dissemination of the research findings.
- Subjects
INDIA; PSYCHIATRIC research; MENTAL health
- Publication
Indian Journal of Gerontology, 2019, Vol 33, Issue 4, p393
- ISSN
0971-4189
- Publication type
Article