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Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-159297

ABSTRACT

Background: Nearly 50% of the aged have some physical ailment and are in need of active health care. Geriatric psychiatry is a sub-specialty of psychiatry, which deals with psychopathology occurring in the elderly and the various aetiological factors which cause the mental disorders in old age. Method: This is a descriptive study with sampling in a tertiary centre where the diagnoses were made based on the tenth edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD- 10) and were evaluated for sociodemographic and clinical variables as well as general medical conditions. Results: Mean age of the patients was 69.81 years, male constituted 73.58% and female 26.42%, Hindu were 56.60% and Islam 43.40%. Mean duration of stay in psychiatry ward was 5.7 days. 77.36% of patients were discharged on advice, 15.09% were transferred to another department, 1.89% absconded, 1.89% referred to another hospital and 3.77% referred to another department. 9.62% patients had general medical conditions alone and 40.38% had psychiatric disorders alone while 50% had combined psychiatric disorders with general medical conditions. 42.31% patients had organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders; 3.85% had mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use; 26.92% had schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders; 28.85% had mood [affective] disorders; 5.77% patients had neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders. Conclusion: Within the limitations of nongeneralizability of findings, present study throws light in important areas of geriatric mental health including general medical conditions.


Subject(s)
Aged , Female , Geriatric Psychiatry/methods , Geriatric Psychiatry/organization & administration , Geriatric Psychiatry/statistics & numerical data , Health Services for the Aged , Hinduism , Humans , Islam , Male , Mental Disorders/etiology , Mental Disorders/psychology , Mental Disorders/statistics & numerical data , Mental Health , Socioeconomic Factors , Tertiary Care Centers
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Arch. neurociencias ; 1(4): 292-7, oct.-dic. 1996. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-210827

ABSTRACT

La comparación de cuatro grupos de sujetos: normal neurológico, y depresivo, controles de un grupo con enfermedad vascular cerebral crónica principalmente, tanto en los datos clínicos como en los registros conductuales de depresión y sintomatología psiquiátrica, así como una escala estructurada neurológica, permite discriminar cuando las alteraciones psiquiátricas son debidas a la edad, el flujo sanguíneo cerebral deficiente, o problemas correlacionados, entidades nosológicas psiquiátricas sin influencia de lo anterior, facilitando al clínico un mejor análisis semiológico para la terapéutica y profilaxis de estas alteraciones. Las alteraciones psiquiátricas principales se refieren a estados depresivos y ansiosos, que se correlacionan en forma significativa con los trastornos clínicos circulatorios, la edad y el tiempo de evolución del cuadro, afectando principalmente la memoria, el lenguaje y la funciones motoras. También existe una correlación alta significativa entre la escala EEVC, la BPRS y la escala de automedición de la depresión, y con las variables clínicas comprendidas en las tres


Subject(s)
Middle Aged , Humans , Aged/psychology , Antidepressive Agents , Cerebrovascular Disorders/physiopathology , Depression/therapy , Depressive Disorder/complications , Neurologic Manifestations , Geriatric Psychiatry/methods , Data Interpretation, Statistical
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Acta psiquiátr. psicol. Am. Lat ; 40(2): 138-45, jun. 1994.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-139549

ABSTRACT

Se discute de qué manera - tanto en la evaluación como la intervención terapéutica de los pacientes calificados de dementes - el abordaje de sus deficiencias y de sus capacidades debe, en gerontopsiquiatria, responder a metas determinadas y distintas, dentro de sus respectivos límites


Subject(s)
Humans , Dementia/therapy , Dementia/diagnosis , Dementia/psychology , Alzheimer Disease/diagnosis , Alzheimer Disease/psychology , Alzheimer Disease/therapy , Geriatric Psychiatry/methods
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Acta clín ; 1(2): 7-15, abr.-jun. 1990. ilus, tab, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-238616

ABSTRACT

La nimodipina (Nimotop) es una droga prometedora para el anciano demente y para pacientes no dementes. Varios estudios doble ciego han demostrado que la droga puede ser efectiva para los déficit cognitivos, rendimiento, afectividad e integración social. Las conclusiones derivadas de los resultados de varios experimentos sobre conducta en animales son significativos para predecir los efectos clínicos de la nimodipina (Nimotop)


Subject(s)
Male , Humans , Female , Aged , Nimodipine/administration & dosage , Nimodipine/therapeutic use , Geriatric Psychiatry/methods
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