Citation

Ibach B. Swiss Archives of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 2022; 173(6): 168-175.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022)

DOI

10.4414/SANP.2022.03265

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Psychiatric disorders in the elderly population are common, with an estimated 12-month prevalence of around 25% [1]. Many of them are unrecognised, wrongly or un-treated, and associated with poor health outcomes. Keeping these challenges in mind, the epidemiological evidence available so far has to be interpreted with some caution. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that the demographic trend will lead to a significant increase of psychiatric disease in old age in the upcoming decades.the aim of the present article is to describe the current prevalence of mental disorders in the elderly. © 2022 EMH Swiss Medical Publishers Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

human; suicide; Review; aged; dementia; alcoholism; autism; bipolar disorder; depression; prevalence; schizophrenia; eating disorder; mental disease; personality disorder; dysthymia; pathological gambling; opiate; anxiety disorder; benzodiazepine derivative; nicotine; emotional stress; illicit drug; delirium; somatization; opiate addiction; senescence; tobacco dependence; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; benzodiazepine dependence