Geriatric mental health in indian prospective: Challenges, research and management Kumar Pradeep, Panday Rishi1, Rathee Sushma2, Malik Ashish, Gupta Rajiv State Institute of Mental Health, PT., B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana-124001 1Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi, 110025 2State Institute of Rehabilitation, Training and Research, Rohtak, Haryana-124001 Online published on 16 December, 2020. Abstract The aim of this paper is to provide glimpses of demographic scenario of elderly in India and its consequences, need and status of geriatric mental health research. The data was collected from studies published in various journals on the issue. Studies indicate that the number of elderly above 60 years in India will increase to 198 million in 2030. The special features of the elderly population in India are: a majority of them being in the rural areas, feminization of the elderly population, increase in the number of the older-old especially above 80 years and a large percentage of the elderly being below poverty line. It is concluded that the mental morbidity is going to increase in future and there is a need to act quickly by professional and policy makers to focus on research in this area and dissemination of the research findings. Top Keywords Elderly, Depression, Dementia, Research, Scale, Therapy. Top |