title: [Mental disorders in elderly hospitalized patients. Epidemiological study in an internal medicine department].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Louis-Mourier, Colombes.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thalassinos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rouillon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vinceneux
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lemperière
mesh_terms: 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