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  • Title: Characteristics of elderly people using the psychiatric emergency system.
    Author: Sawayama E, Takahashi M, Arai H, Nakajima K, Kano A, Sawayama T, Miyaoka H.
    Journal: Psychiatry Clin Neurosci; 2009 Aug; 63(4):577-9. PubMed ID: 19457212.
    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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