Psychotic symptoms in the general population of England
β Scribed by Michael King; James Nazroo; Scott Weich; Kwame McKenzie; Kam Bhui; Saffron Karlsen; Stephen Stansfeld; Peter Tyrer; Martin Blanchard; Keith Lloyd; Sally McManus; Kerry Sproston; Bob Erens
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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## Background: Most of what is known about psychotic symptoms in older persons is based on hospital series of severe disorders. ## Method: In the course of a longitudinal community-based survey of older persons, the presence of psychotic symptoms was assessed on two occasions 3-4 years apart. ##
## Abstract ## Objectives Recent population^Q3^ studies have reported an approximate 10% prevalence of psychotic symptoms among elderly aged 85 years and older. Psychotic symptoms may be less prevalent among younger elderly. We examined the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in a populationβbased sa