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. 2020 Aug 17:11:841.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00841. eCollection 2020.

Impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Mental Health of the Elderly

Wendney Hudson de Alencar Fontes  1 , Jucier Gonçalves Júnior  2 , Carlos Augusto Carvalho de Vasconcelos  3 , Cláudio Gleidiston Lima da Silva  4 , Maria Socorro Vieira Gadelha  4
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Impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on the Mental Health of the Elderly

Wendney Hudson de Alencar Fontes et al. Front Psychiatry. .
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Keywords: coronavirus infections; health services for the aged; mental health; mental health disorders; pandemic; public health.

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