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Prospects of Rehabilitation for Elderly Schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

G. C. Lyketsos ,
S. C. Richardson ,
S. K. Aritzi  and
C. G. Lyketsos
G. C. Lyketsos*
Affiliation:
University of Athens
S. C. Richardson
Affiliation:
Dromokaition Mental Hospital, Athens
S. K. Aritzi
Affiliation:
Athens General Hospital for Chest Diseases ‘Sotiria’
C. G. Lyketsos
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA
*
∗16 Acadimias Street, 106 71 Athens, Greece
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Abstract

The psychopathology and disabilities of a group of institutionalised elderly schizophrenics were compared with those of a group of non-schizophrenic elderly, and with younger schizophrenics reported in a parallel study and in the literature. Elderly schizophrenics showed significantly more psychopathology and disability than the non-schizophrenic elderly; however, they exhibited less psychopathology than younger schizophrenics. Disability among elderly schizophrenics was not correlated with chronicity of institutionalisation or psychopathology. There was a suggestion that disability among elderly schizophrenics may be due to organic deterioration.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 451 - 454
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1989 

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