Psychiatric and behavioural disorders amongst older severely mentally handicapped inpatients.
A retrospective survey of psychiatric disorders requiring medication amongst 50 mentally handicapped inpatients aged 60 years or more, revealed a high prevalence of affective disorder which increased with age. Behavioural problems such as aggression and overactivity improved with age in some, but not all, patients.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000374:Aggression; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs