Results of an epidemiologic study of mental patients over 60 years of age in one of the districts of Moscow

The convened investigation was related to a clinico-epidemiological study of mental disorders in individuals older than 60 who lived in the Kiev district of Moscow. The study was made of the entire population by a nonselective method with a fulfillment of a specially elaborated epidemiological chart...

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Published in:	Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (Moscow, Russia : 1952) Vol. 75; no. 11; p. 1695
Main Authors:	Shirina, M G, Molchanova, E K, Gavrilova, S I, Rokhlina, M L, Sukhovskiĭ, A A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 1975
Subjects:	Age Factors Aged Female Humans Male Mental Disorders - epidemiology Middle Aged Moscow Sex Factors Moscow
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Summary:	The convened investigation was related to a clinico-epidemiological study of mental disorders in individuals older than 60 who lived in the Kiev district of Moscow. The study was made of the entire population by a nonselective method with a fulfillment of a specially elaborated epidemiological chart. On the basis of an analysis of such charts and a personal interview of 1024 elderly patients and 215 elderly individuals not registered in the neuropsychiatric dispensary it was possible to receive some data concerning the prevalence rates, diagnostical, sex and age content of mental diseases in patients over 60, living in the given district.
ISSN:	0044-4588