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Prevention of Mental Disorder in Older Adults: Recent Innovations and Future Directions.

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: As the global population is aging, increased efforts should be placed on preventing mental disorders in older adults, as opposed to just focusing on sickness and treatment. We provide an overview of existing innovations in prevention in the domains of pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and psychosocial interventions. These programs have shown that depression and anxiety can be prevented from recurring, incidence of new disorder can be reduced, and general mental health can be promoted. We also give direction for future research to move the field of geriatric mental health prevention forward.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Amanda Leggett, Steven H Zarit

Institutions: University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Aging, Health, and Disability

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health

Award: Training Geriatric Mental Health Services Researchers