Dignity of Older Persons With Mental Health Conditions: Why Should Clinicians Care?

With a steady increase in population aging, the proportion of older people living with mental illness is on rise. This has a significant impact on their autonomy, rights, quality of life and functionality. The biomedical approach to mental healthcare has undergone a paradigm shift over the recent ye...

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Main Authors: Debanjan Banerjee, Kiran Rabheru, Gabriel Ivbijaro, Carlos Augusto de Mendonca Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.774533/full