Infrastructure requirements for research in late-life mental disorders.

1995 ◽  
pp. 256-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ira R. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Late Life

Prevalence of mental disorders in late life

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 852-852
Author(s):  
V.Y. Semke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Vascular Diseases ◽  
Late Life ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mental Disturbances ◽  
Diagnostic Approaches ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
Cerebral Vascular

In late life patients considerably more seldom than patients of other age groups reach attention of psychiatrists due to obliteration of symptoms of mental suffering, their masked by somatic symptoms manifestation, not seldom - negative attitude of relatives toward psychiatric assistance etc.Study of patients of elder and older age at units of somatic hospital of another profile (therapeutic, cardiologic, neurological, traumatologic) has shown that mental disturbances are revealed in 74,4 % of them. Non-psychotic forms of disorders are basic (73,8 %), more seldom psychoses are found (18,6 %) and dementias of various nature (7,6 %). Of most prevalence in this contingent were disorders related with cerebral-vascular diseases (42,6 %), including those with acute disturbances of brain blood circulation (20,5 %). Somatogenic mental disorders occupy more modest place counting 8,8%. Neuroses including nosogenias are observed in 9,2 % of cases. Endogenous diseases are rarely found in patients of a somatic institution (6,7 %).In recent years significant growth of organic mental disorders in Russian Federation occurs predominantly at the expense of the elderly. In structure of this pathology as selective epidemiological investigations show the first place according to incidence rate is occupied by cerebral-vascular diseases (34,1 %); the second place is occupied by neurotic disturbances (26,0 %); the third one - affective disorders (15,4 %).Differences in sickness rate and morbidity in such conditions identified by researchers in different populations may reflect more particularly their diagnostic approaches than the true differences in incidence and prevalence.

The Psycho-geriatric Patient in the Emergency Room (ER) of the Maggiore della Carità Hospital in Novara

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S648-S649 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Di Tullio ◽  
C. Vecchi ◽  
A. Venesia ◽  
L. Girardi ◽  
C. Molino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychiatric Evaluation ◽  
Axis I ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionDue to population aging, the health system will face increasing challenges in the next years. Concerning mental disorders, they are major public health issues in late life, with mood and anxiety disorders being some of the most common mental disorder among the elderly. For this reason, increasing attention has to be paid to the evaluation of the elderly in psychiatry emergency settings.ObjectivesTo evaluate the socio-demographic and clinical features of over 65 patients referred to psychiatric consultations in the ER of “Maggiore della Carità” Hospital in Novara, in a 7 years period.AimsThe analysis of the characteristics of the study sample could be potentially useful in resource planning in order to better serve this important segment of the general population.MethodsDeterminants of ER visits for over 65 patients referred to psychiatric evaluation were studied retrospectively from 2008 to 2015.ResultsElderly patients made up 14,7% (n = 458) of all psychiatric evaluation in the ER (n = 3124). About two thirds (65,9%) were females and one third were males (34,1%). The mean age of patients recruited was 75.11 years. The majority of subjects (68.6%) presented without a diagnosis of Axis I according to DSM-IV. The other most frequent diagnosis was “cognitive disorders” (11.4%) and “mood disorders” (10.9%).ConclusionsThe large proportion of patients without a diagnosis of Axis I, could be related to the misunderstanding of the psychosocial aspects of aging. Preliminary results highlight the importance of research on this topic, considering population aging and the impact of mental disorders in late-life.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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