Among the elderly, many mental illnesses go undiagnosed.
Few health care providers have the training to address depression, anxiety, and other conditions in their older patients.
Jonathan S. Bor (jbor@projecthope.org) is a senior editor and correspondent at Health Affairs, in Bethesda, Maryland.
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