Aging, Mental Health and Ethnic Disparities: Understanding Geriatric Mental Health in Western Nepal

Mukesh Adhikari, Prayas Gautam, Sushrusha Arjyal, Binita Adhikari, Pratigya Gyawali, Sanjay Yadav, Theodore A. Stern, Shreedhar Paudel, Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, Health Foundation Nepal, Department of Social Gerontology, Miami University, Bliss Sleep and Psychiatry, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Medicine, Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, New Rochelle, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Published online on November 28, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 499-512, July 2026.
Objective:This study examined the prevalence of anxiety, low mental well-being, loneliness, depression, and insomnia among older adults in a district of western Nepal and identified factors associated with each of these conditions.Methods:A community-...