Author:
Shah K. V.,Banks G. D.,Merskey H.
Abstract
The prognosis for patients with senile dementia after admission to hospital has generally been regarded as poor, it being thought that by the time the illness reached a stage necessitating admission life expectation was very low. Figures obtained by Roth (1955) support this view; only 18 per cent of his patients with senile dementia survived for more than two years. The prognosis for atherosclerotic dementia was rather better, with approximately 27 per cent still alive at the end of two years.
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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