This communication deals wi th certain aspects of psychiatry of the ageing population of the Ind ian sub-continent. T h e report is based on the mater ia l drawn from "Geropsychiatric cl inic" Ins t i tu te of Psychiatry, Govt. Rajaji Hospital & Madura i Medical College, Madura i which has been functioning under the supervision of the author from 1976. I t is proposed to touch upon demography, ...

The European population is ageing, and there is a need for health solutions that keep older adults independent longer. With increasing access to mobile technology, such as smartphones and smartwatches, the development and use of mobile health applications is rapidly growing. To meet the societal challenge of changing demography, mobile health solutions are warranted that support older adults to...

Researchers must understand how mutations affect survival at various ages to understand how ageing evolves. Many models linking mutation to age-specific survival have been proposed but there is little evidence to indicate which model is most appropriate. This is a serious problem because the predicted evolutionary endpoints of ageing depend upon the details of the specific model. We apply an ex...

apparent rise in the incidence of infertility in females and the trend shifting towards delayed child bearing brought up the concept of ovarian ageing. women in their early thirties show poor ovarian reserve which is an entity named as early ovarian ageing. early ovarian ageing is mostly genetically determined, but acquired modifiable factors like smoking, or ovarian surgery have some roles. in...

Demographic change and automation are two major structural trends that will shape the macroeconomy in coming decades. We present a general equilibrium model with tractable lifecycle structure enables investigation of main transmission mechanisms through which demography technology affect economic growth. Owing to trade-off between innovation automation, lower fertility population ageing lead re...

Abstract The article examines the rise of contemporary populist movements in Europe and North America. These are driven primarily by working-class men who feel marginalized developments employment, work conditions, family life, and, particular, gender politics modern status women. growth service sector has created new opportunities for Demography, especially decline fertility rate, been neglect...

neuroendocrine tumors are most often located in the intestine and lungs but they can arise from other areas of the body. limited data is available on epidemiology and clinical patterns of neuroendocrine tumors in iran. we analyzed medical records of 34 patients from 2 cancer centers (emam khomeini hospital and omid charity cancer center) in west azarbaijan province of iran with neuroendocrine t...

impairment Changing demography When the Community Eye Health Journal was launched in 1988, the world population was approximately 5.1 billion. Over the last 20 years, it has increased by approximately 30%, reaching 6.7 billion in 2008. During the same period, the world population has also become proportionally older, as the number of people aged 65 years and over has increased by approximately ...

objective: behavioral disorders of children and adolescents have long been a subject of discussion among researchers of pedology,   psychology, medicine and psychiatry and are also a commonly encountered complaint of patients referring to the pediatric neurology out patient clinics. the main purpose of the present study is to survey some organic disorders, e.g. temporal lobe epilepsy (non convu...