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- Title
PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATION OF SENILE, PRESENILE AND ARTERIOSCLEROTIC DEMENTIA PATIENTS IN ISRAEL: A PSYCHIATRIC CASE REGISTER STUDY.
- Authors
Heink, Jeremia; Popper, Miriam; Hes, Josef Ph.; Avnon, Moshe; Barak, Yoram
- Abstract
Most dementia patients in Israel are cared for by non-psychiatric services. Psychiatric hospitals are generally reluctant to admit behaviourally disturbed dementia patients, unless it is for appropriate psychiatric reasons and for a transient period of time. We used national Psychiatric Case Register (PCR) data to examine the implementation of these criteria in a sample of 711 dementia patients (senile and arteriosclerotic). Results suggest that: (a) in about a third of senile patients and in nearly half of arteriosclerotics no primarily treatable, psychiatric symptomatology was diagnosed; (b) most admissions were not on a psychiatric emergency basis; (c) inpatient stay of dementia patients was longer than the average psychiatric admission. These patients were usually transferred to a non-psychiatric facility or to a general hospital, or died in the psychiatric hospital. We conclude that the subject of psychiatric hospitalization of dementia patients in Israel needs substantial revision.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; SENILE dementia patients; PRESENILE dementia; PSYCHIATRIC hospital care; HUNTINGTON disease; MENTAL health services
- Publication
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1994, Vol 9, Issue 5, p405
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/gps.930090510