ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Nahathai Wongpakaran

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Thai Perspective on Geriatric Psychiatry.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry Mental Health toward 2020: Working Together for Better Mental Health in Asia 26-29 August 2008, Bangkok, Thailand.page 22-23

รายละเอียด / Details:

The number of the population of the elderly. According to the Human Resources Planning Division of National Economic and Social Development Board, in 2010 the elderly population of 60 years old and up will be as many as 7.6 million or 11.4 percent of the total number of the population, an increase from 4.8 million or 8.1 percent in 1995, and the tendency to rise will continue. Therefore, it is advisable that or the relevant units be prepared to develop the work involving geriatric psychiatry in order to ensure that they will be mentally healthy enough in their way of living. This presentation, therefore, aims to provide the data obtained from various relevant units dealing with mental health for the elderly in Thailand, namely data from research reports concerning psychiatric problems commonly detected in several areas during the past three decades such as depression and dementia, data on mental health related services for the elderly, personnel working with the target group as well as the establishment of professional organizations concerning geriatric psychiatry and a great need of geriatric psychiatry educational systems and training in different institutes.

Keywords: geriatric psychiatry

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2008

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Code: 2010000180

ISSN/ISBN: 02183420

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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