Elderly patients and the Mental Health A
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C. Gilmore; G. C. Wood; J. C. Rigby
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Article
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1994
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A retrospective casenote review was performed on all patients over 65 years of age in one health district who were detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 during the first 6 years of its operation. There were 132 episodes of detention affecting 120 patients. Fiftyβthree percent were f