Elderly psychiatric patients: a five-year prospective study

Antonia Whitehead, Ann Hunt

Psychological Medicine · 1982 · 17 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

Synopsis In a prospective study, 200 elderly psychiatric patients were followed for 5 years. A poor outcome–death or continuing major reliance on the hospital based services – was associated with poor intellectual functioning on admission. Continued use of the hospital services was also related to past psychiatric history.

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