Letter to highlight the effects of isolation on elderly during COVID-19 outbreak

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¹ National Institute of Psychology (NIP), Quaid-I-Azam University (New Campus), Islamabad, Pakistan.
² Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Basic Sciences, Baluchistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan.
³ Department of Psychology, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁵ Antai College of Economics and Management (ACM), School of Media and Communication (SMC), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China.

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Kanwar Hamza Shuja et al. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;35(12):1477-1478.

doi: 10.1002/gps.5423. Epub 2020 Sep 16.

¹ National Institute of Psychology (NIP), Quaid-I-Azam University (New Campus), Islamabad, Pakistan.
² Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Basic Sciences, Baluchistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan.
³ Department of Psychology, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁵ Antai College of Economics and Management (ACM), School of Media and Communication (SMC), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai, China.

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Keywords: COVID-19; elderly population; isolation; mental health issues; preventive measures.

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