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A Psychogeriatric Assessment Program. I. Social Functioning and Ward Behavior †
Author(s) -
Dastoor D. P.,
Norton S.,
Boillat J.,
Minty J.,
Papadopoulou F.,
Müller H. F.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1975.tb00932.x
Subject(s) - medicine , social functioning , psychiatry , scale (ratio) , geriatric psychiatry , rating scale , gerontology , clinical psychology , psychology , developmental psychology , distress , physics , quantum mechanics
Eighty newly admitted psychogeriatric patients were intensively investigated by a variety of disciplines — medical, laboratory, and psychologic‐psychiatric tests, including a Minimal Social Behavior Scale and an Integrative Social Functioning Scale. The sample of patients and methods of study for this 10‐month Geriatric Assessment Program are described. Assessment of present and past social functioning revealed good agreement between ratings made by different staff members. A decline in social functioning with time differentiated organic from functional psychiatric illness. Some of the scales employed may be of value for social screening purposes in the community.