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Chapter 14 - Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2019

By
Tony Rao
Edited by
Rob Butler  and
Cornelius Katona
Rob Butler
Affiliation:
Waitemata DHB and North Shore Hospital, Auckland
Cornelius Katona
Affiliation:
Helen Bamber Foundation
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Summary

Older people in the ‘baby boomer’ generation born between 1946 and 1964 now represent the age group with the fastest-rising rate of drug and alcohol misuse in developed countries [1]. The proportion of older people in the United Kingdom is also rising. In 2016, 18% of the UK population were aged 65 and over. Increased longevity coupled with rising alcohol and drug misuse in older people is likely to have an impact on both public health and service provision.

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Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 153 - 164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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