Management and treatment of elderly psychiatric patients by the general practitioner
Lingg, A.; Jugl, P.; Bacher, R.
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 145(19-20): 541-544
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5341 PMID: 8571597 Document Number: 443113
About one third of all elderly people suffer from psychosocial disturbances reducing their well-being, ability or independence. Those disturbances can be mitigated more often than expected by medical treatment, psychotherapy or other therapies. In this field it is above all the general practitioner who has to be engaged as gate keeper and case manager.