@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of elderly people using the psychiatric emergency system",
journal="Psychiatry and the Clinical Neurosciences",
year="2009",
author="Sawayama, Enami and Takahashi, Masahiro and Arai, H. and Nakajima, K. and Kano, Akiko and Sawayama, Toru and Miyaoka, Hitoshi",
volume="63",
number="4",
pages="577-579",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1323-1316",
doi="10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01975.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01975.x"
}