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Characteristics of elderly people using the psychiatric emergency system
Author(s) -
Sawayama Enami,
Takahashi Megumi,
Arai Hisatoshi,
Nakajima Keisuke,
Kano Akiko,
Sawayama Toru,
Miyaoka Hitoshi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01975.x
Subject(s) - mood , dementia , psychiatry , elderly people , depressed mood , medicine , psychiatric history , mood disorders , psychology , gerontology , anxiety , disease , pathology , epilepsy
We investigated the differences between elderly and under‐65‐year‐old patients using the psychiatric emergency system. The following characteristics were more common in elderly patients than in younger patients: organic mental disorder, mood disorder, dementia, disturbed consciousness, no excitation, physical complications, no history of visiting a psychiatrist and no history of hospitalization. In addition, significantly more elderly patients with mood disorder attempt suicide.