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Paranoid disorders in the elderly
Author(s) -
Grief Cindy,
Eastwood Robin M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930080810
Subject(s) - medical diagnosis , psychiatry , population , paranoid schizophrenia , psychology , psychiatric diagnosis , medicine , environmental health , pathology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychosis
Assigning paranoid diagnoses in the geriatric population can be a challenging endeavour. A survey was undertaken of selected ICD‐9 diagnoses in different hospital settings. Almost 50% of the diagnoses were associated with combative/paranoid behaviour; yet, only 12% received ‘paranoid’ diagnoses. This article addresses the problems of case definition for paranoid states in the elderly.