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Service contact and psychopathology in very-late onset schizophrenia-like psychosis
— the effects of gender and ethnicity | | Author(s) | S Reeves, R Stewart, R Howard |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 5, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp 473-479 |
| Keywords | Schizophrenia ; Ethnic groups ; Older men ; Older women ; Psychiatric treatment ; London. |
| Annotation | New referrals for schizophrenia-like psychosis (SLP) to the Maudsley Hospital in South London between 1995 and 2000 were identified. Those patients who agreed to participate were seen at home and assessed with respect to psychopathology and neurological side effects. The median duration of illness at the time of assessment was 3 years (range 1-6 years). Males were more likely to be admitted to hospital compulsorily and to be lost to follow-up than females. Caribbean-born patients were more likely to refuse to take part than British-born patients. Of the 26 patients interviewed, 38% were experiencing paranoid symptoms, 94% of patients receiving medication were in regular contact with a community psychiatric nurse (CPN). Ethnic group differences relating to risk and outcome in SLP need to be investigated by larger scale epidemiological studies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020529211 A |
| Classmark | ELK: TK: BC: BD: LP: 82L |
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