Impact of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on mental health in the elderly: perspective from a psychogeriatric clinic at a tertiary hospital in São Paulo, Brazil

Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 Oct;32(10):1147-1151. doi: 10.1017/S1041610220001180. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Authors

Orestes V Forlenza¹, Florindo Stella¹; LIM-27 Psychogeriatric Clinic HCFMUSP

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM-27), Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aging* / physiology
Aging* / psychology
Ambulatory Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data
Betacoronavirus
Brazil / epidemiology
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control* / methods
Communicable Disease Control* / organization & administration
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
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*
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
Professional Practice Gaps
SARS-CoV-2
Tertiary Healthcare / methods
Tertiary Healthcare / trends