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Mental health services for older adults in China during the COVID-19 outbreak

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Yang, Yuan, Li, Wen, Zhang, Qinge, Zhang, Ling, Cheung, Teris, Xiang, Yu-Tao·2020·The Lancet Psychiatry

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  • For children, people with disabilities, the elderly, and chronic patients, specific problems (low perception of quarantine conditions, need for care and assistance, less access to internet services and smartphones, feeling lonely and left alone, constant need for medication) make quarantine difficult and sometimes unbearable.

    “Low perception of children of quarantine conditions need for care and assistance for people with disabilities in daily affairs, less access for the elderly to internet services and smartphones, feeling lonely and left alone. A constant need for medication in chronic patients are the problems which make quarantine difficult andsometimesunbearable for these particular groups (15, 16, 21).”

    From Definitions and psychological impacts of quarantine and strategies to reduce it: A review paper (2020) · cites this paper as [21]

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  • Quarantine has more negative effects on children, people with disabilities, the elderly, and people with chronic physical and mental illness.

    “Quarantinehasmorenegativeeffectsonchildren, people with disabilities, the elderly, people with chronic physical and mental illness.”

    From Definitions and psychological impacts of quarantine and strategies to reduce it: A review paper (2020) · cites this paper as [21]

    The main text says mass quarantines have become a major barrier to maintenance treatment for older adults with psychiatric disorders. It does not address quarantine’s effects on children or on people with disabilities or chronic physical illness as broader groups, nor does it compare the severity of effects across groups. The supplied passages have no page numbers. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • All papers that examined factors affecting individuals in quarantine listed a set of personal, psychological, and social factors that could influence acceptance, understanding, and continuation of quarantine conditions.

    “All of the papers that examined the factors affecting individuals in quarantine listed a set of personal, psychological, and social factors that could influence the acceptance, understanding, and continuation of quarantine conditions(15, 21).”

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    The paper’s main text (page unavailable) discusses how quarantine and transport restrictions impede older adults’ access to mental health treatment. It does not examine factors influencing people’s acceptance, understanding, or continuation of quarantine; searches for those concepts found no relevant passage. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  1. [2]Liu YL China's aging population: from a global perspective (in Chinese) 2019 Social Sciences Acadeimc Press Beijing
  2. [3]National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China Report on the family development in China, 2015 (in Chinese) 2015 Social Sciences Acadeimc Press Beijing

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Authors
Yang, Y., Li, W., Zhang, Q., Zhang, L., Cheung, T., & Xiang, Y.-T.
Affiliations
  • University of Macau (MO)
  • Capital Medical University (CN)
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
Corresponding author
Xiang, Yu-Tao
Venue
The Lancet Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-04
Volume
7
Issue
4
Pages
e19
ISSN
2215-0366 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3008213846
Cited by
857
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 92 · 2022: 158 · 2021: 282 · 2020: 266 · 2019: 2
FWCI
79.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
Keywords
mental health services, older adults, COVID-19 pandemic, population aging, empty nest elderly, social support
MeSH terms
Smartphone, COVID-19, Age Factors, Aged, China, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral, Telemedicine, Coronavirus Infections, Internet, Access to Information, Vulnerable Populations

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