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Challenges and Opportunities of Aging Populations Around the World

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Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly

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The demographic imperative and the high prevalence of mental disorders in older adults make mental health and illness in an aging population, one of the great public health challenges of the coming generation. This challenge has the potential for an overwhelming impact on health and social services worldwide. However, their impact may be mitigated by the opportunities provided by the wide ranging research, education and innovative services described in this volume by our internationally representative group of authors. The volume provides a broad perspective from ‘successful’ aging to the understanding and management of the common clinical disorders of old age with a special focus on dementia, balancing the need for a cure and continuing care.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Helen FK Chiu

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Kenneth Shulman

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  1. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong

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  2. Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Kenneth Shulman

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Chiu, H., Shulman, K. (2016). Challenges and Opportunities of Aging Populations Around the World. In: Chiu, H., Shulman, K. (eds) Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0370-7_1-1

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