title: The psychiatric symptoms, diagnoses and care needs of 100 mentally handicapped patients.
abstract: One hundred randomly selected residents of a mental handicap hospital originating from Dundee were interviewed using a standardised assessment based on the modified Standardised Clinical Interview Schedule. Information on certain behavioural items and self-care skills was obtained from nursing staff and case records. An ICD-9 diagnosis could be made for 80 individuals, including diagnoses usually reserved for children. Thirty subjects were regarded as needing long-term psychiatric mental handicap hospital care. All but one of the remaining 70 subjects required a staffed residential placement and all but 15 some form of out-patient or short-term in-patient provision from specialist health services. The findings indicate a need for approximately 30 psychiatric mental handicap beds per 100,000 population.
authors.affiliation: Royal Dundee Liff Hospital.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Ballinger
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Ballinger
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McQueen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012112:Residential Facilities