References & Sources

Warning on elderly mental health

A dramatic surge in the number of elderly people with mental disorders over the next 30 years may swamp the health-care system.

References:

Jeste, D.V., et al. 1999. Consensus statement on the upcoming crisis in geriatric mental health. Archives of General Psychiatry 56(September):848.

Sources:

Dilip V. Jeste
University of California, San Diego
VA San Diego Healthcare System
116A-1, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive
San Diego, CA 92161

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 12, September 18, 1999, p. 189. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.