Publication: Organic psychiatric disorders in the older persons
| creativeworkseries.issn | ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chandrasekaran, PK | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-23T05:03:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-23T05:03:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | P.K. Chandrasekaran Neuro Behavioural Medicine, Penang Adventist Hospital, 465 Burmah Road, Georgetown, 10350 Penang, West Malaysia P. Srinivas Malaysia Geriatric Medicine, Gleneagles Medical Centre, Penang, Malaysia Setting: University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Background: A primary, retrospective study was done to determine the frequency and describe the patterns of presentation of delirium, dementia and mood disorder in the elderly. Methods: The sample was collected over 3 months and consisted of 10 patients above 60 years of age with features fitting those conditions, conventionally labeled at the time as Organic Brain Syndromes (OBS). Results: We found that OBS in hospitalized older people was common (29.41%) and the detection of these syndromes was poor, taking almost 5 days for a psychiatric referral to be made. Clinical presentations heterogeneously varied and the majority of cases were in a delirium (60%) due to various causes. Only low dosages of treatment were required to treat the symptoms, except in those who had a premorbid psychiatric disorder. Finally, symptom resolution was achieved (30%) only where the medical conditions causing the OBS were reversible, as is expected. Conclusion: This cost-effective study found that OBS in hospitalized older people was common, frequently diagnosed late and had a varied presentation. Keywords: Delirium, Dementia, Depression, Pseudodementia, Post-stroke dementia | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.300 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/6732 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Medicine | |
| dc.subject | Delirium | |
| dc.subject | Dementia | |
| dc.subject | Depression | |
| dc.subject | Pseudodementia | |
| dc.subject | Post-stroke dementia | |
| dc.title | Organic psychiatric disorders in the older persons | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
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| oaire.citation.startPage | 3 | |
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