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| Mental health of the oldest old: the relevance of centenarian studies to psychogeriatric research | | Author(s) | Karen Ritchie |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 10, no 1, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 7-9 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Dementia ; Psychiatric treatment ; Centenarians ; Research. |
| Annotation | As life expectancy increases in the western world, research on centenarians is becoming more widespread with clinical and population studies having been conducted in several European countries, Japan, China and the United States (US). In this article, the author looks at how research on healthy centenarians may contribute to the knowledge of the aetiology of mental disorders, such as dementia. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980915401 A |
| Classmark | E: EA: LP: BBT: 3A |
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