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Problems in the Diagnosis and Classification of Mental Disorder in Old Age; with a Study of Case Material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Martin Roth  and
J. D. Morrissey
Martin Roth
Affiliation:
From the Department of Clinical Research, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester
J. D. Morrissey
Affiliation:
From the Department of Clinical Research, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester
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Recent statistics of old age mental disorder have drawn an alarming picture of rising rates of admission to mental hospitals in many parts of the world. One of the predictions made on the basis of such statistics has been that old age psychoses might, in due course, relegate schizophrenia to second place in number of admissions. There are, however, dangers in drawing conclusions about a complicated problem, such as mental disorder in old age, on statistical grounds alone. Before the figures can be properly evaluated more detailed information about the social, economic and, above all, clinical aspects of the problem will be required than is available at present.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 98 , Issue 410 , January 1952 , pp. 66 - 80
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1952 

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