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| The social functioning of older adults with schizophrenia | | Author(s) | C Graham, A Arthur, R Howard |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 6, no 2, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp 149-152 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Depression ; Schizophrenia ; Evaluation ; Living in the community ; Cross sectional surveys ; London ; Leicestershire. |
| Annotation | A cross-sectional survey of the social functioning of older people living in the community was undertaken in two old-age psychiatry services, one in London, the other in a semi-rural area of Leicestershire. Participants consisted of 81 depressed and 101 normal older people identified as part of a general practice over 75 check, and 30 clients with schizophrenia aged 65+ known to mental health teams for older people. All participants were interviewed by one of two trained researchers and completed the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) questionnaire, the 15-item Geriatric Depression Survey (GDS), a social functioning questionnaire, and the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychology or the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. The older people living in the community with no psychiatric diagnosis were the least isolated from their local community, reported more leisure activities and had the least contact with professional community services. Clients with schizophrenia reported more isolation from their local community and fewer private leisure activities than those with a diagnosis of depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020613209 A |
| Classmark | D: ENR: ELK: 4C: K4: 3KB: 82L: 8LE |
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