Citation

Sawayama E, Takahashi M, Arai H, Nakajima K, Kano A, Sawayama T, Miyaoka H. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 2009; 63(4): 577-579.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamidai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01975.x

PMID

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.

Language: en