Aged Patients With Mental Disorders in the COVID-19 Era: The Experience of Northern Italy

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Jul;28(7):794-795. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2020.04.015. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Authors

Gianluca Serafini¹, Emi Bondi², Clara Locatelli², Mario Amore³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address: gianluca.serafini@unige.it.
² Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Aging* / physiology
Aging* / psychology
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Change Management
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Health Services for the Aged / organization & administration
Health Services for the Aged / trends
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Infection Control / organization & administration
Italy / epidemiology
Mental Disorders* / epidemiology
Mental Disorders* / physiopathology
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Mental Health Services / organization & administration
Mental Health Services / trends
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Vulnerable Populations / psychology