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Mental Health and Aging: Why mental illness in later life warrants our attention

by Rachel Weldrick August 9, 2016

by Rachel Weldrick August 9, 2016

The persistent ideas that older people with mental health issues do not represent a large enough group to merit attention, and that older people do not experience mental health concerns beyond Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are dangerous notions with tangible consequences. If these beliefs endure, mental illnesses among older people are likely to continue to go unrecognized, and therefore remain unaddressed.

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