Prospects for the classification of mental disorders of the elderly.
This brief review outlines some of the problems with applying DSM-IV and ICD-10 categories to elderly patients. The next revision of these classifications should consider the following: (1) how diagnostic criteria relating to occupational or social functioning should be applied to this age group; (2) the relationship between physical and mental disorder in old age; (3) the status of clinically important sub-syndromes; (4) the definition of dementia onset, and the classification and definition of severity and sub-types.
Lindesay
James
J
Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. jebl1@leicester.ac.uk
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D015897:Comorbidity; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology