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Mental health services for older adults in China during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Lancet Psychiatry ( IF 30.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-19 , DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30079-1 Yuan Yang 1 , Wen Li 2 , Qinge Zhang 3 , Ling Zhang 3 , Teris Cheung 4 , Yu-Tao Xiang 2
The Lancet Psychiatry ( IF 30.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-19 , DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30079-1 Yuan Yang 1 , Wen Li 2 , Qinge Zhang 3 , Ling Zhang 3 , Teris Cheung 4 , Yu-Tao Xiang 2
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Over the past several weeks, the total number of patients with 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the number of associated deaths has been increasing. Of the deaths caused by COVID-19, most were older adults. China has the largest ageing population globally. In 2017, there were 241 million older adults (>60 years) nationwide, accounting for 17·3% of the total population, of whom around half were empty-nest elderly (ie, without children, or whose children left home and worked elsewhere) with little social support. More than 30 million people were older than 80 years, and more than 40 million required long-term care due to disabilities., Mental health problems are common in older Chinese adults (ie, ≥55 years), with the prevalence of depressive symptoms reported to be 23·6% in this population. The rapid transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and high death rate could exacerbate the risk of mental health problems and worsen existing psychiatric symptoms, further impairing their daily functioning and cognition.
更新日期：2020-03-20
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