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| Mental disorders in older Irish people: incidence, prevalence and treatment | | Author(s) | Fiona Keogh, Anne Roche |
| Corporate Author | National Council for the Elderly (Ireland) |
| Publisher | National Council for the Elderly, Dublin, 1996 |
| Pages | 279 pp (National Council for the Elderly report, no 45) |
| Source | National Council for the Elderly, Corrigan House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland. |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Dementia ; Depression ; Cognitive impairment ; Psychoses ; Neuroses ; Addiction ; Suicide ; Services ; Community care ; Usage [services] ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | This report brings together the available data on the prevalence, incidence and treatment of mental disorders in older people in Ireland, and compares it with international data. Depression and dementia are examined in detail. Other disorders described include mania; schizophrenia and other psychoses; neuroses and personality disorders; alcohol and drug abuse and dependence; learning disabilities and suicide. Diagnosis and misdiagnosis and the resulting treatments are explored, as are current treatment settings, the use of acute services, and mental disorders in long-stay care settings. The report highlights the need to strengthen the community care services and to develop specialist old age psychiatry services. Recommendations include the development of a national strategy for the future of mental health services for older people and the need for a public education programme on mental disorders in older people. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970708211 B |
| Classmark | E: EA: ENR: E4: EL: EN: ET: EV: I: PA: QLD: 763 |
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