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| Mental problems of ageing and care of them by their family | | Author(s) | Hitesh N Patel |
| Journal title | Research & Development Journal, vol 4, nos 1, October 1997 |
| Publisher | HelpAge India, October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 27-30 |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Family care ; Social surveys ; India. |
| Annotation | While older people and their family members are generally aware of physical illness, their family members are less active in the treatment and diagnosis of mental illness. The main mental problems found during this Indian study were mental tension, fear of death, feeling of dependency, anxiety, feeling of loneliness, feeling of helplessness, depression, feeling of uselessness, whims, and feeling of mental freedom. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990202220 A |
| Classmark | D: P6:SJ: 3F: 7FA |
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