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Psychiatric disorder in the middle-aged and elderly mentally handicapped.
- Source :
- British Journal of Psychiatry; Dec85, Vol. 147, p660-667, 8p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 1985
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Abstract
- In a study of 357 long-stay hospital residents aged 40 years and over, 30% had significant psychiatric disorder, while a retrospective survey of 215 new admissions over a seven-year period to a psychiatric unit for the mentally handicapped revealed that 20% of patients were aged 40 years and over. Both similarities and differences were found in the overall pattern of disorders between the two groups and a non-handicapped population in a comparable age-range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL illness
MIDDLE age
OLDER people
PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities
LONG-term health care
CHRONICALLY ill patient care
PSYCHIATRIC hospital admission & discharge
LONG-term care facilities
PSYCHIATRY
AGE distribution
DEMENTIA
PERSONALITY disorders
PSYCHOSES
SCHIZOPHRENIA
SEX distribution
DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00071250
- Volume :
- 147
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24825045
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.147.6.660