Old Age Mental Disorders in Newcastle upon Tyne

Author:

Kay D. W. K.,Beamish P.,Roth Martin

Abstract

In a previous paper (Kay, Beamish and Roth, 1963) we studied the prevalence of various kinds of psychiatric disorder in a random sample of old people living at home in Newcastle upon Tyne. During the interviews, special attention was paid to the collection of social data. For, as Townsend (1957a) pointed out, old age is an epoch of diminishing social contacts and domestic support, and isolated old people make disproportionately heavy demands on the institutions of the Health and Welfare Services. By comparing the medical status and social circumstances of subjects with organic brain syndromes, those with functional disorders, and those without psychiatric abnormality, we have attempted to explore further the relative importance of these factors in the two main groups of mental disorders in old age.

Publisher

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

Reference23 articles.

1. PHYSICAL ACCOMPANIMENTS OF MENTAL DISORDER IN OLD AGE

2. Townsend P. (1962). The Last Refuge—A Survey of Residential Institutions and Homes for the Aged in England and Wales. London, pp. 464–476.

3. Williams R. H. (1960). “Changing status, roles and relationships”, in Handbook of Social Gerontology (ed. Tibbitts C. ). Chicago. pp. 261–297.

4. Pre-morbid personality in the functional psychoses of the senium. A comparison of ex-patients with healthy controls

Cited by 166 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3