The prediction of outcome in elderly psychiatric patients
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 6 (3), 469-479
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700015919
Abstract
Synopsis Clinical and psychometric characteristics of a sample of elderly psychiatric patients were established soon after admission and they were then followed for 1 year. Anoutcome was most successful for an unfavourable type which was predictable by measures related to intellectual impairment.Keywords
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