Depressive and Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly Population

Depression and Anxiety Disorder in Elderly Comprehensive understanding of the aging population is extremely important for proper provision of necessary care. In general, physical disorders that are easy to diagnose and treat are thought to be the most common difficulties for the elderly. However, research has shown that many elderly people are suffering from psychosis. Therefore, it is emphasized that important mental health is necessary in an aging society.

Therefore, anxiety and depression are very common among elderly people in nursing home. Studies have shown that the prevalence of anxiety disorders in the elderly is relatively low, but in elderly people the incidence of anxiety disorder is 2 to 7 times that of depressed patients. The incidence of anxiety disorders in the elderly who live in an institutional environment may be higher. In another study, TTA Rahman's study of anxiety and loneliness in a single elderly, in many cases, living in their own homes and elderly clubs elderly people's assessment of anxiety and depression risk assessment, elderly people I support the view that I went home. Incidence rate. From the elderly club 164 elderly people participated in the group list, I, 168 elderly people from a single family of elderly participated in the study. Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Hamilton Depression Scale are used to detect anxiety and depression, respectively.

Mental disorders such as depression and anxiety affect the majority of elderly people in the world. Professor Patricia A Leien of the University of Washington and her research team are looking for innovative treatments for comparable current gold standards treatments supported by the mental health of the elderly. This includes the use of a therapeutic video game called Project: EVO and the latest observation of existing psychotherapy. In the era of exponential pace technology, the emergence of video games is increasingly a possibility and attractive prospect as a treatment for the treatment of mental disorders in elderly people. Not only that the current gold standard for the treatment of depression and anxiety by observing cognitive neuroscience is an innovative update to improve mental health and treatment of elderly patients