MANIA IN OLD-AGE - A 1ST PROSPECTIVE-STUDY

被引：92
作者：
BROADHEAD, J [1 ]
JACOBY, R [1 ]
机构：
[1] BETHLEM ROYAL & MAUDSLEY HOSP,BETHLEM ROYAL HOSP,MONKS ORCHARD RD,BECKENHAM BR3 3BX,KENT,ENGLAND
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY | 1990年 / 5卷 / 04期
关键词：
Mania; old age; prospective study;
D O I：
10.1002/gps.930050403
中图分类号：
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要：
In a first prospective study of manic illness in old age, 35 manic patients over the age of 60 were compared with 35 patients below the age of 40 on clinical and cognitive measures. CT scan comparisons were made between the elderly patients and age‐matched healthy controls. Contrary to previously accepted teaching, the elderly were effectively clinically indistinguishable from the younger patients, except that the latter experienced more severe illnesses. CT and cognitive results, however, in the elderly group showed evidence of changes which support the view that cerebral organic factors play an important role in the genesis of affective disorder in old age. Copyright © 1990 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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页码：215 / 222
页数：8
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