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| Focus on psychogeriatrics in the developing world | | Author(s) | K S Jacob, Mary Ganguli |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 19, no 4, August 2007 |
| Pages | pp 615-777 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Psychiatric treatment ; Research Reviews ; Developing countries. |
| Annotation | The development of psychogeriatrics and accompanying research has been slow to take hold in developing countries for two main reasons. Firstly, the older population constitute relatively small proportions of those countries' populations and therefore are of low priority for specialised services. Secondly, there is a lack of researchers working with the older population groups in developing countries. However, this is changing, with psychogeriatric work beginning to emerge; but a more widespread dissemination of published work is still needed to show the depth and breadth of the issues being addressed. This issue OF International Psychogeriatrics is an attempt to demonstrate the diversity of research being carried out in developing countries in South America, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Subjects covered amongst others include: costs of dementia care; abuse and neglect; biological markers; and risk factors for mental disorders of older adults. It is hoped that this issue of International Psychogeriatrics will have laid the foundation for more focused research on older adult population groups in the developing world. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090825210 A |
| Classmark | E: LP: 3A:6KC: 7B |
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