Mental Health in the Elderly

Mental Health in the

Elderly

Maria Di Tomasso M.D. F.R.C.P

Overview

?

Demographics

?

Epidemiology of Depressive, Anxiety, and

Psychotic Disorders

?

Different clinical presentations between older and

younger adults with mental illness

?

Risk Factors and Protective Factors

?

Treatment

¡°I enjoy talking with very old people. They

have gone before us on a road by which we,

too, may have to travel, and I think we do well

to learn from them what it is like.¡±

¨CSocrates

Introduction

Demographics

?

Canada met a milestone in July 2015, for the first time

ever there are more Canadians age 65 and over than

there are under age 15

?

The growth rate of people over 65 is four times faster

than the population at large

?

In 2011, centenarians were the second most rapidly

growing segment of the population, after those aged

60-64, which experienced the fastest increase

?

By 2030 25% of Canadians will be over 65

Canada's Aging Population

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download