Mental Breakdown in Old Age

Enquiries into mental disorder in old age.

Statistical data from different parts of the world all tell a similar tale of a rapidly rising rate of admission of old people to mental hospitals.40 Although it has been often claimed that the stresses of modern life involve an all round increase in the incidence of mental illness, a careful investigation of the changes in first-admission rate to mental hospital in Massachusetts by Goldhamer a...

Spirituality and Mental Well Being in Old Age

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Family Structure and Mental Illness in Old Age

A random sample of subjects aged over 60 in the community was studied. Out of 181 subjects studied 50 were found to suffer from functional disorders such as depression and anxiety, and 11 from organic brain syndrome. 120 are found psychiatrically normal. Over 50% of the elderly subjects studied were widowed and about 70% were unemployed and nearly 80% belonged to lower middle class and low soci...

Good Mental Health in Old Age is A Real Possibility

From a policy standpoint, a growing elderly population has become a challenge to our society. However, we maintain we can be moderately optimistic, because cognitive impairment, or worse, dementia, are not always caused by Alzheimer’s disease or are the consequence of major ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke. They are often due to micro-infarcts and/or micro-haemorrhages ("mini-strokes") at the le...

Mental Health in Old Age Bulletin Issue 9