ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2012
Mental healthcare need and service utilization in older adults living in public housing.
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- The impact of China's urban and rural economic revitalization on the utilization of mental health inpatient services.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Depression Treatment Status of Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Rural-urban disparities in the utilization of mental health inpatient services in China: the role of health insurance.International journal of health economics and management · 2018Article
- Changes in healthcare use among individuals who move into public housing: a population-based investigation.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- [Mental health in older men in Chile: a reality to be prioritizedSaúde mental de homens idosos no Chile: uma realidade a ser priorizada].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Article
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- Cognitive impairment in public housing residents living in Western New York.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2014Article
- Mental health service use among depressed, low-income homebound middle-aged and older adults.Journal of aging and health · 2013Article
- The characteristics of anxiety and depression symptom severity in older adults living in public housing.International psychogeriatrics · 2012Article
- Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors in older adult public housing residents.Research in gerontological nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectivesAnxiety and depression in socioeconomically disadvantaged older adults frequently go unrecognized and untreated. This study aims to characterize mental illness and its treatment in older adult public housing residents who have many risk factors for anxiety and depression.
designCross-sectional study.
settingPublic housing high-rises in Rochester, New York.
participantsOne hundred ninety residents aged 60 years and older. MEASUREMENTS: Anxiety and depression were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, GAD-7, and Patient Health Questionnaire. We obtained information on mental healthcare from medication review and self-report.
resultsParticipants had a median age of 66 years, 58% were women, 80% were black, and 92% lived alone. Many participants (31%) were in need of mental healthcare: 21% had syndromal and 11% had subsyndromal anxiety or depression. Mental healthcare need was associated with younger age; intact cognitive functioning; impairments in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL); more medical illness; decreased mobility; smaller social network size; more severe life events; and increased utilization of medical, human, and informal services. Of those with mental healthcare need, most were not receiving it. Compared with residents receiving mental healthcare, residents with untreated need were more likely to be men and have less IADL impairment, medical illness, severe life events, onsite social worker use, and human services utilization.
conclusionsMental illness was common and largely untreated in public housing residents. Increasing collaboration between medical, mental, and human services is needed to improve identification, treatment, and ultimately prevention of late-life mental illness in this community setting.
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