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Current perspectives on research on ageism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2022

Dimitris N. Kiosses*
Affiliation:
Emotion, Cognition and Psychotherapy Lab, Weill-Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
Anastasios Politis
Affiliation:
St Mary’s Hospital-Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Antonios Politis
Affiliation:
1st Department of Psychiatry; Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece Department of Psychiatry, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, John’s Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, USA
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2022

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