Japanese Journal of National Medical Services
Online ISSN : 1884-8729
Print ISSN : 0021-1699
ISSN-L : 0021-1699
Studies on the Mental Disorders of the Aged
2. A Study in Psychogeriatrics -An Inquiry of Factors for Discharge in Mental Disorder of Old Age-
Haruo AKIMOTOTakashi KATAGIRITakeshi MISAWA
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1976 Volume 30 Issue 10 Pages 961-964

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Abstract
We found factors leading to psychiatric hospitalization were in social transformations, antisocial behaviours (wandering, accidents with fire etc.) and intellectual disabilities (dementia, incontinence etc.) of these senile patients.
This comparative inquiry are connected with factors between hospitalization and discharge of these senile psychotic patients (65 year over).
Finding of this inquiry were as follows:
1) Most of symptoms of discharged patients was organic brain syndromes as cerebral arteriosclerosis or senile deterioration etc.
2) Most factors of discharge were improvement or disappearance of antisocial behaviours.
3) Some difference was in factors of discharged patients between improved group and deteriorated group.
We are purposing to make more observations of details, and to increase number of improved group in these discharged senile patients in the future.
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