Mental health services for older adults in China during the COVID-19 outbreak

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Psychiatry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Department of Psychiatry, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Center for Brian Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong, China.
² Unit of Psychiatry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China.
³ The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and The Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
⁴ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Unit of Psychiatry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China. Electronic address: ytxiang@um.edu.mo.

Yuan Yang et al. Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;7(4):e19.

doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30079-1. Epub 2020 Feb 19.

¹ Unit of Psychiatry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Department of Psychiatry, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Center for Brian Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Guangdong, China.
² Unit of Psychiatry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China.
³ The National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders and Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital and The Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
⁴ School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Unit of Psychiatry, Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China; Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China. Electronic address: ytxiang@um.edu.mo.

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