Characteristics of elderly people using the psychiatric emergency system |
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| Authors: | Enami Sawayama md phd Megumi Takahashi md phd Hisatoshi Arai md Keisuke Nakajima md phd Akiko Kano md Toru Sawayama md phd Hitoshi Miyaoka md phd |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry, Kitasato University School of Medicine and;Department of Psychiatry, Sagamidai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Abstract: | We investigated the differences between elderly and under-65-year-old patients using the psychiatric emergency system. The following characteristics were more common in elderly patients than in younger patients: organic mental disorder, mood disorder, dementia, disturbed consciousness, no excitation, physical complications, no history of visiting a psychiatrist and no history of hospitalization. In addition, significantly more elderly patients with mood disorder attempt suicide. |
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| Keywords: | elderly police call psychiatric emergency |
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