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Mental Illness In The Elderly Research Paper

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Research Question: How does the treatment of mental illness in the elderly differ between the United States and Mexico? Mental illness has forever been a fight to prevent. Over the years we’ve had hundredths and thousands of research to increase the mortality within the elderly community. Now more than ever we’re seeing more cases of elders with mental illness(ess) that can be treated but are not due to lack of resources. Part of it which the cases have increased is due to the baby boomer generation are beginning to reach the age of retirement or they have been retired for some years. Developed and developing countries tackle treatments, for the elderly, differ drastically. The United States has programs for retirement, low cost institutions,

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