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The rising demand for consultation-liaison psychiatry for older people
— comparisons within Liverpool and the literature across time | | Author(s) | David Anderson, Margaret Nortcliffe, Sophie Dechenne, Kenneth Wilson |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 26, no 12, December 2011 |
| Pages | pp 1231-1235 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Psychiatric treatment ; Referrals ; Longitudinal surveys ; Liverpool ; United Kingdom ; Cross national surveys. |
| Annotation | This study compared the rate of referrals of older people for consultation-liaison psychiatry services over time within Liverpool to national averages. All referrals to the liaison psychiatry service for older people in Liverpool between 1999 and 2004 were used to calculate referral rates and compared with data from the same hospital from 1981 to 1989 previously published. Data related to referral rates was extracted from other published studies to allow cross-national comparisons over time. Results showed that between 1999 and 2004 there were 2,760 referrals to the Liverpool liaison psychiatry service for older people producing an average annual referral rate of 2.89%. This compares to a referral rate of 0.7% in 1981 and 1.34% in 1989. Comparison with studies from the UK, North America, Europe, Singapore and Taiwan shows an increasing trend over a 30 year period. The rate of referral increased with age. The authors conclude that liaison psychiatry services will need professionals trained in old age psychiatry if the needs of the ageing population are to be catered for. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120911007 A |
| Classmark | D: E: LP: L5R: 3J: 84B: 8: 3K |
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