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Five mental health disorders seen in the elderly are depression, dementia, affective disorder, paraphrenia and psychosis. The biggest challenge is getting patients to an institute for the problem to be identified. Often, those who live alone are dependent on caretakers or family members to attend to their needs.

The declining health of an ageing brain

Mental health issues among the elderly are largely written off as signs of old age.

23 July 2018 12:16 AM IST