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To determine the impact of medical illness and general medical care on psychiatric treatment courses and discharge outcomes in hospitalized geriatric patients.

December 1, 1982Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Medical Care in a Geriatric Psychiatry Unit: Impact on Psychiatric Outcome

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To determine the impact of medical illness and general medical care on psychiatric treatment courses and discharge outcomes in hospitalized geriatric patients.
Assessed clinical care and health trajectories of 49 randomly selected patients admitted to a geriatric psychiatry evaluation unit.
Medical illness directly caused psychiatric symptoms in 12 of 49 patients (24.5%), precipitated psychiatric decompensation in 25 of 49 (51.0%), and represented previously undiagnosed conditions in 10 patients (20.4%).
At discharge, 79% of patients exhibited at least moderate psychiatric improvement, with psychiatric recovery showing a statistically significant correlation with medical improvement.

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Observational study demonstrates that physical health improvement strongly correlates with mental recovery in older psychiatric inpatients, highlighting the need for integrated medical care.

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Weingarten et al. (1982) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87a6068a7b42f336792bcb https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1982.tb03363.x

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Observational study demonstrates that physical health improvement strongly correlates with mental recovery in older psychiatric inpatients, highlighting the need for integrated medical care.

Medical Care in a Geriatric Psychiatry Unit: Impact on Psychiatric Outcome

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Medical Care in a Geriatric Psychiatry Unit: Impact on Psychiatric Outcome

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