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| The prognosis of late-life depression in two contiguous old age psychiatry services: an exploratory study | | Author(s) | M P Philpot, I Bin Drahman, C J Ball |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 4, no 1, February 2000 |
| Pages | pp 72-78 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Psychogeriatric units. |
| Annotation | A retrospective case-note study of 131 patients with depressive disorder over the age of 65 years discharged over a 3-year period from acute in-patient care in two organisationally different old age psychiatry services in London was conducted to determine the factors affecting subsequent readmission to hospital and mortality. Demographic data, clinical aspects and initial management of patients were similar at discharge with the exception of family history of depression and a measure of social deprivation. Patients from the traditionally organised service (A) had greater lengths of stay in hospital, were more likely to be discharged to institutional care and died earlier than patients from the community-focused service (B). There was a trend for patients from service A to be readmitted sooner than those from service B. Differences in follow-up arrangements reflected the different models of service organisation employed. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000407409 A |
| Classmark | ENR: LDM |
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