AGING & MENTAL HEALTH

Aging & Mental Health provides a forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The international impact of the journal is now well recognized. It has readers in over 30 countries, a good impact factor and has been accepted for coverage in MEDLINE, Current Contents and other widely used indexing systems. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach between the various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly. In this way the journal has a strong alliance between the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The journal provides an original and dynamic focus to help integrate the normal and abnormal aspects of mental health in aging. In addition, theoretical issues can be set in the context of the important new practical developments in this field.

老龄化与心理健康为快速发展的研究老龄化过程与心理健康关系的领域提供了一个论坛。该杂志的国际影响现在已得到广泛承认。它拥有30多个国家的读者，具有良好的影响力，已被MEDLINE、Current content等广泛使用的索引系统所覆盖。该杂志探讨了与正常和异常或病理衰老相关的心理变化，以及老年人口的心理和精神问题。老龄化与心理健康涵盖了与心理健康相关的衰老的生物学、心理学和社会学方面。它特别鼓励在各种生物、心理、社会过程和与老年人心理变化有关的病因因素之间采取综合办法。它还强调了可能旨在改善老年人心理健康的各种战略、治疗和服务。通过这种方式，该杂志在影响心理健康和老龄化的一系列问题上，在理论、实验和应用科学之间建立了强大的联盟。该杂志提供了一个原始的和动态的重点，以帮助整合正常和异常方面的心理健康的老龄化。此外，理论问题可以在这一领域重要的新的实际发展的背景下提出。