Increased incidence of stress-associated illnesses among elderly after Typhoon Morakot.
CONCLUSION: The mental health statuses of patients who experienced a major natural disaster deteriorated in the elderly population after the disaster. However, we still need pay more attentions on the elderly of the affected population to decrease the risk for insomnia and depressive disorders after the disaster.
PMID: 32505592 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: J Formos Med Assoc - Category: General Medicine Authors: Shih HI, Chao TY, Huang YT, Tu YF, Wang JD, Chang CM Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research
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