Elderly women and mental health problems: A qualitative study in Kelantan, Malaysia by Ahmad Ramli, Fatimah Zailly

“…This includes the concern about their mental health status and the provision of geriatric services and facilities.These mental health problems among older adults suggest a need to understand the issues for individual and families in greater depth and to develop services and resources to support them.The paper will be discussed on how the caregivers conceptualised mental health problems and their perspectives on the trigger factors linked to mental illness among their older family members.Caregivers reported many different causes of mental illness.How they recognised the early signs of mental illness in older people and how they learned about the illness will be discussed further.Participants were recruited through a psychiatric hospital to ensure that a care recipient has a diagnosis of mental illness.Fourteen Malay caregivers of older people diagnosed with schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. …”
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