[Mental disorders in elderly hospitalized patients. Epidemiological study in an internal medicine department].
This epidemiological transversal study conducted on 100 patients older than 65 years hospitalized in the Internal Medicine department of a University hospital demonstrates the frequency of psychiatric pathology in these patients: dementia 19 percent; other psycho-organic disorders 17 percent; affective disorders 23 percent and other psychological disturbances 4 percent. Thus, 63 percent of this patient population had a mental disorder as defined by the DSM III criteria. These disorders are generally not or imperfectly identified by the internists in charge of these patients.
Thalassinos
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M
Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Louis-Mourier, Colombes.
Masson
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C
Rouillon
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F
Vinceneux
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P
Lemperière
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors