A psychogeriatrician's home visit to the zoo: a case report.
Psychogeriatricians commonly undertake home visits, often under unusual and sometimes challenging circumstances. We report a home visit to a zoo to see an unusual case, a 49-year-old confused gorilla. A diagnosis of post-infarct delirium was made, subsequently validated by autopsy. We describe a primate observation scale which was used in the assessment of cognition this case, which may be helpful for use when cognitive assessment of primates is required.
Chiu
Edmond
E
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. e.chiu@unimelb.edu.au.
Bodley
Kate
K
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001344:Autopsy; D003221:Confusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D003693:Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006071:Gorilla gorilla; D006792:House Calls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations