Results of an epidemiologic study of mental patients over 60 years of age in one of the districts of Moscow
Shirina, M.G.; Molchanova, E.K.; Gavrilova, S.I.; Rokhlina, M.L.; Sukhovskiĭ, A.A.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 75(11): 1695-1704
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 1210955 Document Number: 84270
The convened investigation was related to a clinico-epidemiological study of mental disorders in individuals older than 60 who lived in the Kiev district of Moscow. The study was made of the entire population by a nonselective method with a fulfillment of a specially elaborated epidemiological chart. On the basis of an analysis of such charts and a personal interview of 1024 elderly patients and 215 elderly individuals not registered in the neuropsychiatric dispensary it was possible to receive some data concerning the prevalence rates, diagnostical, sex and age content of mental diseases in patients over 60, living in the given district.