Hospitalization of mental elderly patients from different groups of observation in outpatient clinic

130 patients from different groups of observation in out-patient psychiatri c clinic were hospitalized to mental hospitals during one year. 76 patients (58,4%) were from the register group, 54 (41,6%) - from the consultative g roup. It was demonstrated that the largest group of the hospitalized patien ts consisted of schizophrenic patients (37,7%), patients with vascular deme ntia (25,4%), patients with affective disorders (11,5%). Among those who we re on the psychiatric register were mostly patients with functional mental disorders (schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychoses, involutional paranoid states) -65 patients or 85,5%. In the group of patients hospitalized from the consultative contingent predominantly were patients with organic dement ia - 39 patients or 72,2%. These data allow to develope a realistic approac h to requirements for institutional services for the elderly with mental di sorders.