Naslov
The role and place of old age psychiatry today

Autori
Mimica, Ninoslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Mind&Brain – 62nd International Neuropsychiatric Congress - Abstract Book 2023 / Demarin, Vida ; Budinčević, Hrvoje - Zagreb : International Institute for Brain Health, 2023, 34-35

Skup
Mind&Brain – 62nd International Neuropsychiatric Congress

Mjesto i datum
Pula, Hrvatska, 18.05.2023. - 21.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
psychiatry ; old age ; elderly : Croatia

Sažetak
Many societies today, especially European ones, are faced with a growing number of elderly people ; projections say that in the near future many countries will have up to one third of the population of elderly people. This change in the age structure of the general population will certainly change the overall morbidity. As a rule, elderly people have several chronic physical diseases, and quite often they also suffer from some psychological disturbances or psychiatric disorders. Therefore, psychiatry of the elderly already now, and even more so in the future, represents an important part of psychiatry and medicine. After retirement, in the future, people will increasingly need psychiatric care for various reasons. Of the affective states, depression should definitely be distinguished, and that which will result from prolonged mourning or some other reactive state, but also depression that will occur in involution without a visible reason or stressor. Dementia, for which the most significant risk factor is age, will of course be more common in the elderly, so it will be a significant percentage among the 80-year-olds, and the oldest old will affect almost half of the people. Psychotic states, of various causes, will also occasionally occur in the elderly population, as well as delirious states, which will require inpatient treatment. It is difficult to say how big a problem addiction will be in the elderly population, but it can be assumed that the single life of many elderly people will contribute to it. From all of the above, it follows that in the elderly population, society must plan preventive measures, measures to reduce the risk of dementia and mental disorders, and through numerous therapeutic activities of Centers of excellence, such as competent Reference Centers, specialized departments, etc., positively influence the quality of life of elderly people. The World Health Organization declared dementia a public health priority in 2012, and instructed all its members todevelop National strategies / Action plans to combat dementia. In Croatia, the Ministry of Health has recently established a Working Group for drafting proposals for an Action Plan to combat dementia, so we believe that Croatia will soon join the many advanced countries that have done so a long time ago and thus improve care for its elderly population.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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