Mental health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from history to guide our future

Terence W H Chong^{1

2

3

4}, Eleanor Curran^{3

4}, David Ames^{2

3}, Nicola T Lautenschlager^{3

4}, David J Castle^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
² St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia.
³ Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
⁴ North Western Mental Health, Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia.

PMID: 32489166
PMCID: PMC7302944
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610220001003

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Mental health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from history to guide our future

Terence W H Chong et al. Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;32(10):1249-1250.

doi: 10.1017/S1041610220001003. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Authors

Terence W H Chong^{1

2

3

4}, Eleanor Curran^{3

4}, David Ames^{2

3}, Nicola T Lautenschlager^{3

4}, David J Castle^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
² St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia.
³ Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
⁴ North Western Mental Health, Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia.

PMID: 32489166
PMCID: PMC7302944
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610220001003

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Keywords: COVID-19; anxiety; dementia; mental health; nursing homes; older adults.

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