Characteristics of older patients in the largest French psychiatric emergency centre
Alexandra Pham-Scottez,
Thierry Gallarda,
Mathilde Calvez
et al.
Abstract:Despite an increasing number of adults older than 60 years with psychiatric disorders, there are few studies on older patients in psychiatric emergencies and no European data. We aimed to describe the population of patients aged 60 years and older who presented to the main French psychiatric emergency centre and identify predictors of psychiatric hospitalization. This monocentric study included 300 consecutive patients aged 60 years and older. Patients presenting because of psychiatric emergencies were frequen… Show more
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