Aging & Mental Health

期刊简介：Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. 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. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods. 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 for examining 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 and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.

【译文】《衰老与心理健康》提供了一个领先的国际论坛，探讨衰老过程与心理健康之间的关系。该期刊讨论了与正常和异常或病理性衰老相关的心理变化，以及老年人群的心理和精神性问题。该期刊还致力于跨学科和创新方法，探索新主题和新方法。该期刊涵盖了与心理健康相关的衰老的生物学、心理学和社会方面。特别是，它鼓励采用综合方法来检查与老年人心理变化相关的各种生物心理社会过程和病因因素。它还强调各种策略、疗法和服务，这些可能有助于改善老年人和他们的家人的心理健康。通过这种方式，该期刊在影响心理健康和衰老的一系列问题上促进了理论、实验和应用科学之间的紧密联盟。该期刊的重点是严格的定量和定性研究，以及对新兴主题的高质量创新研究。