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The prevalence of psychiatric illness in acute geriatric admissions

✍ Scribed by Wendy Katherine Burn; Keren Nicola Davies; Fiona Ross Mckenzie; Judith Ann Brothwell; John Philip Wattis

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 340 KB
Volume: 8
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930080210

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✦ Synopsis

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 cases identified were in three groups: organic brain disease (chronic brain failure), depression, and anxiety. Depression was found in 23%, anxiety in 7% and organic brain disease in 13%.

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