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Global crisis and mental health and well-being of older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2024

Helen Lavretsky*
Affiliation:
UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA, USA American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Anne Margriet Pot
Affiliation:
International Psychogeriatrics Association Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management in Rotterdam North-West University South-Africa

Abstract

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© 2024 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and International Psychogeriatric Association. Published by Elsevier Inc on behalf of American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Psychogeriatric Association. All rights reserved.

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