Age and compulsory admission

✍ Scribed by Siva Srikumar; Dr. Martin W. Orrell

• Book ID: 102227363
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 498 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/gps.930100712

✦ Synopsis

Compulsory admission is not just restricted to younger psychiatric patients. However, despite the differences in clinical presentation between younger and older adults, there has been very little research comparing different age groups. In this study, elderly and younger adult patients who had compulsory psychiatric admissions were compared according to a number of social and clinical variables. Elderly patients were less likely to have police involvement in an admission but more likely to be referred by their own GP and to live alone. The particular needs of the elderly could be reflected by better guidelines on the use of the Mental Health Act.