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Even more than is true for younger people, the health of elderly persons represents an interplay of psychological and physiological factors. Older persons are more likely to have physical impairments and, though inherently incapacitating, these will affect their emotional state.
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Gaitz, C.M. (1985). Psychophysiologic Disorders of the Elderly. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mental Retardation, and Geriatric Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9367-6_48
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