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Aging and mental health problems: a study on the elderly in urban China
Author(s)	K W Boey
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 1, no 4, November 1997
Pages	pp 332-338
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Mental disorder ; Dementia ; Psychogeriatric patients ; Urban areas ; China.
Annotation	The subjects of this study were first-time older patients (83 males and 120 females) who attended a mental health centre in Shanghai over a period of 12 months. The patients were over-represented by those who were better educated and married with spouse, with a slight tendency for females to outnumber males. Sleep disturbance, paranoid ideation, and anxiety were the three most common presenting problems. In terms of clinical diagnosis, the patients were characterised by dementia, paranoid disorder, and organic psychosis. Comparisons with younger patients were made and implications of the findings discussed.
Accession Number	CPA-980325238 A
Classmark	E: EA: LF:E: RK: 7DC
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