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A psychogeriatrician's home visit to the zoo: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2010

Edmond Chiu  and
Kate Bodley
Edmond Chiu*
Affiliation:
Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Kate Bodley
Affiliation:
Melbourne Zoo, Australia
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Professor Edmond Chiu, Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, University of Melbourne, Normanby House, St. George's Hospital, 283 Cotham Road, Kew, Vic 3101, Australia. Phone:. + 61 3 9816 0485; Fax + 61 3 9816 0477. Email: e.chiu@unimelb.edu.au.
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Abstract

Psychogeriatricians commonly undertake home visits, often under unusual and sometimes challenging circumstances. We report a home visit to a zoo to see an unusual case, a 49-year-old confused gorilla. A diagnosis of post-infarct delirium was made, subsequently validated by autopsy. We describe a primate observation scale which was used in the assessment of cognition this case, which may be helpful for use when cognitive assessment of primates is required.

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Case Report
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , June 2010 , pp. 671 - 673
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2010

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