title: Psychogeriatric patients - a sociodemographic and clinical profile.
abstract: This retrospective study aimed to explore the sociodemographic and clinial profile of patients aged 60 years and above attending the psychiatric services of NIMHANS. Two hundred and sixty-five such patients utilized the services during one year. Preliminary analysis of the data revealed that nearly three-fourths of the patients were between 60 and 69 years of age. The family support was adequate for most of the patients. Psychoses made up two-thirds of the sample (nonorganic psychoses = 43% and organic psychoses = 22%). The difference in the distribution of organic and nonorganic psychoses between the two sexes was significant (p=0.01485); men had significantly more organic psychoses than women and the latter had more nonorganic psychoses than the former. It was found that about 70% of the sample had associated physical disorders. The implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: K.M.R. Prasad, M.D., D.N.B. (psy), Senior Resident, Department of psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore - 560 029.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Sreenivas
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Ashok
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bagchi