COVID-19 and mental health of older adults in the Philippines: a perspective from a developing country

Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 Oct;32(10):1129-1133. doi: 10.1017/S1041610220000757. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Authors

Robert D Buenaventura¹, Jacqueline B Ho², Maria I Lapid³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Manila Theological College - College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
² University of California Berkeley, College of Letters & Science, Berkeley, CA, USA.
³ Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Rochester, MN, USA.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Aging* / physiology
Aging* / psychology
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control* / methods
Communicable Disease Control* / organization & administration
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Developing Countries
Geriatric Psychiatry* / methods
Geriatric Psychiatry* / trends
Health Services Needs and Demand
Health Services for the Aged* / organization & administration
Health Services for the Aged* / trends
Humans
Mental Health / trends
Mental Health Services* / organization & administration
Mental Health Services* / trends
Pandemics*
Philippines / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
SARS-CoV-2
Social Isolation / psychology