Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in elderly hospitalized patients

Background: Improved healthcare extends life expectancy, but social and economic issues including poverty, family breakdown, and insufficient help for the elderly put people's mental health in danger. Because of feelings of loneliness and natural age-related decline in physiological and physica...

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Main Authors: Aslam Khan, Pooja Vijay, A V Sowmya, Suprakash Chaudhury, Bhushan Chaudhari, Daniel Saldanha, Preethi Menon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
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Online Access:http://www.mjdrdypv.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8302;year=2023;volume=16;issue=7;spage=70;epage=79;aulast=Khan