The prevalence of psychiatric illness among 100 elderly medical inpatients was determined using the Geriatric Mental State Schedule, in its Community Version. Due to the difficulties in assessing this group of patients, less than half of those admitted could be included in the study. The diagnostic
High prevalence of physical illness in a geriatric psychiatric inpatient population
β Scribed by Yvette I. Sheline
- Book ID
- 118386731
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 472 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-8343
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