[Psychotherapeutic management of aging patients in a neurologic practice].
In a neuropsychiatric practice in a large metropolitan area which works together with 274 therapists (psychoanalysts, behavior therapists, etc.), of the 606 patients that were seen during a 3-month span, 52% were over the age of 50, and 17% were more than 60 years old. Either a short- or a long-term psychotherapy was indicated in 6.25% of the cases involving these older patients. However, only 1.69% of the patients over the age of 60 received treatment. Twice the number of psychoanalysts as compared to behavior therapists was not willing to treat a patient over the age of 50.
Kemper
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Nervenarztpraxis, München.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016079:Refusal to Treat
Psychotherapeutische Versorgung Alternder in einer Nervenarztpraxis.