Mental healthcare for older adults among countries in World Psychiatric Association Zone 10

Skugarevsky O. Petrova N. Neznanov N.G. Altynbekov K. Ashurov Z. Panteleeva L. Ismayilov N. Galako T. Ismayilova J. Semenova N.V. Lyan Y. Chumakov E.
September 2024 Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry
2024 #34 Issue 3 70 - 73 pp.

Objectives: This study aimed to compare mental healthcare services for older adults aged ≥65 years among countries in World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Zone 10. Methods: A culturally sensitive questionnaire was developed and sent to the presidents of national psychiatric associations of the eight countries in WPA Zone 10 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, and Uzbekistan). Results: Psychiatric associations of six countries responded to the questionnaire (Armenia and Moldova did not respond). The prevalence of mental disorders among older adults (aged ≥65 years) varied from 2.6% in Russia (among those aged ≥60 years) to 3.5% in Azerbaijan, 4% in Uzbekistan, 12.1% in Kazakhstan, and 13.8% in Kyrgyzstan (no data were available for Belarus). Specialised gerontopsychiatric care is provided in all six countries, except for Kazakhstan. Conclusion: The prevalence of mental disorders in older adults differed among countries in WPA Zone 10. Improving gerontopsychiatric care is a target for healthcare planners in WPA Zone 10.

Aged , Epidemiology , Geriatric psychiatry , Mental health services

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Belarusian State Medical University, Minsk, Belarus
Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
VM Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, IP Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Mental Health, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Republicаn Speciаlized Scientific-Prаcticаl Medicаl Centre оf Mental Health, Tаshkent Medicаl Аcаdemy, Tаshkent, Uzbekistan
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan
The National Mental Health Center of the Ministry of Health of The Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan
VM Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Belarusian State Medical University
Saint Petersburg State University
VM Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology
Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Mental Health
Republicаn Speciаlized Scientific-Prаcticаl Medicаl Centre оf Mental Health
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
Azerbaijan Medical University
The National Mental Health Center of the Ministry of Health of The Republic of Azerbaijan
VM Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology

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