Psychiatric diagnosis in the elderly referred to a consultation-liaison psychiatry service in a general geriatric hospital in Japan

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-309

  Yamada, Kenshi ^a,c   Hosoda, Masuhiro ^a   Nakashima, Sayaka ^a   Furuta, Kou ^a   Awata, Shuichi ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Delirium; Dementia; Depression; Diagnostic errors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84859008575     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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