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Prospects for the classification of mental disorders of the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2008

James Lindesay
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Abstract

This brief review outlines some of the problems with applying DSM-IV and ICD-10 categories to elderly patients. The next revision of these classifications should consider the following: (1) how diagnostic criteria relating to occupational or social functioning should be applied to this age group; (2) the relationship between physical and mental disorder in old age; (3) the status of clinically important sub-syndromes; (4) the definition of dementia onset, and the classification and definition of severity and sub-types.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue 7 , October 2008 , pp. 477 - 480
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2008

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