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Evaluation of a Psychogeriatric Service: The Distinction Between Psychogeriatric and Geriatric Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. R. M. Copeland ,
M. J. Kelleher ,
J. M. Kellett ,
G. Barron ,
D. W. Cowan  and
A. J. Gourlay
J. R. M. Copeland
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF; Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital
M. J. Kelleher
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
J. M. Kellett
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
G. Barron
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
D. W. Cowan
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
A. J. Gourlay
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
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This study examines a series of elderly admissions to a psychiatric hospital and a geriatric hospital serving the same catchment area in order to evaluate the success of the two hospital services in separating their patients into two groups, and to study the effect, if any, on the prognosis of those patients who were ‘incorrectly labelled’.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 126 , Issue 1 , January 1975 , pp. 21 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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