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Elderly psychiatric patients: a five-year prospective study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Antonia Whitehead  and
Ann Hunt
Antonia Whitehead*
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Ann Hunt
Affiliation:
University of Reading
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr A. Whitehead, Long Grove Hospital, Horton Lane, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8PU.
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Synopsis

In a prospective study, 200 elderly psychiatric patients were followed for 5 years. A poor outcome–death or continuing major reliance on the hospital based services – was associated with poor intellectual functioning on admission. Continued use of the hospital services was also related to past psychiatric history.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 149 - 157
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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