ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH LEARNING-DISABILITIES IN-HOSPITAL - A PSYCHIATRIC-STUDY

Authors
SAMSON DT SINGH I JAWED SH MUKHERJEE T
Citation
Dt. Samson et al., ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH LEARNING-DISABILITIES IN-HOSPITAL - A PSYCHIATRIC-STUDY, JIDR. Journal of intellectual disability research, 38, 1994, pp. 45-52
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Education, Special",Rehabilitation,Neurosciences,"Genetics & Heredity",Psychiatry
Journal title
JIDR. Journal of intellectual disability research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09642633
Volume
38
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
45 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0964-2633(1994)38:<45:EPWLI->2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
In a study of 124 hospital residents with a learning disability aged 6 0 years and over, DSM-III-R diagnostic criteria were used to determine the prevalence of dementia (12.9%), mood disorder (8.9%) and schizoph renia (6.5%). The figure for dementia confirms the prevalence given in previous studies, but the figures for mood disorder and schizophrenia are higher. It was found that mood disorder was commoner in the age g roup 60-69 years (P>0.01) and dementia was commoner in the age group 7 0-79 years (P>0.01). There were no significant differences in the prev alence of schizophrenia with age.