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Treatment decisions following assessment by multidisciplinary psychogeriatric teams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

James Lindesay ,
Joe Herzberg ,
Gill Collighan ,
Alastair Macdonald  and
Michael Philpot
James Lindesay*
Affiliation:
University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 4PW
Joe Herzberg
Affiliation:
U.M.D.S., London SE1 9RT
Gill Collighan
Affiliation:
The Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals, London
Alastair Macdonald
Affiliation:
U.M.D.S., London SE1 9RT
Michael Philpot
Affiliation:
The Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals, London SE1 9RT
*
∗Correspondence
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The psychiatric treatment decisions made by two multidisciplinary psychogeriatric teams in 100 new referrals were compared with those made by a group of psychiatrists following independent formal research assessments. There was satisfactory agreement between the team and research decisions with regard to psychiatric hospital admission, antidepressant treatment and neuroleptic treatment. Agreement was less good for psychological treatments.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , February 1996 , pp. 78 - 81
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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