Prevalence of mental illness and their association with sociodemographic factors in the rural geriatric population in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India: A community-based study

• Main Authors: Khadervali Nagoor (Author), Surendra Babu Darivemula (Author), N Bayapa Reddy (Author), Shakeer Kahn Patan (Author), C Sravana Deepthi (Author), Chandra Sekhar Chittooru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Mental health problems such as cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders arising out of senility, neurosis, and living conditions are common in the geriatric population. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mental illness and to de...