Women, Ageing and Mental Health: The Indian Scenario

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This book presents a variety of cross-cutting issues on the theme of mental health and aging women. Until now little existed in the way of mental health of older women. Rich with primary data, Women, Ageing and Mental Health fills the void. It presents latest research on older women as it explores the interrelationships of socio-cultural-demographic factors, biological changes and physical health, linking all these with mental health. The book addresses the issues of middle class Indian women some of them born a few decades before India attained its freedom. After an introductory chapter on the global and Indian scenario of feminisation of ageing, emphasis is upon the significance of such studies in the changing social realities of the 21st century. Considering that anthropometric characteristics of individuals and populations can also be used as predicators of ill health, this simple non-invasive technique was, therefore, used liberally to examine the biological age changes in women. This is perhaps the first ever research studying the anthropometric age changes in Indian women. Thus this book presents a penetrating analysis of the primary theme of mental health of women in old age, taking into consideration a range of factors possibly influencing it. Though not a text book, the book would serve as a useful reference document in universities and colleges teaching gerontology and geriatrics; research institutes, non-government organisations working in the fields of health and welfare of the elderly, including the supervisory staff of old-age-homes, day- care- centers, geriatrics nursing staff; and policy planners in the State and Central Ministries to help them understand the magnitude of physical and mental health problems of our ageing women; the inter-relationship of socio-demographic factors, physical health and mental health, the focal point of this book.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.V. Ramamurti

Prof. P.V. Ramamurti is a pioneer in research on ageing and the first Ph.D. in the field of Gero-psychology in India. He is credited with initiating the teaching of ageing in India and founder director of Center for Research on ageing at S.V. University, Tirupati. Widely traveled, he was a Fulbright fellow at the Andrus Geronetology Centre, USC, Los Angeles, USA. He has been associated with several organizations including United Nations (Agenda for Research on Ageing), and as guest faculty of United Nation’s International Institute of Ageing, Malta in their short-term training programmes in Social Gerontology. He is a former President of the Association of Gerontology (India) and a Member of the National Council for Older Persons (NCOP). He has executed more than a dozen National and International research projects and published about 150 research articles in the field of ageing. He is a recipient of several National and International awards and honours in the field of Ageing.

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Title
Women, Ageing and Mental Health: The Indian Scenario
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Edition
1st.ed.
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ISBN
8183244289
Length
xxiii+238p., Illustrations; Some Colour; 23cm.
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