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[Gerontopsychiatry in the psychiatric land hospital (author's transl)]. 1980

U Kunze

Care of geriatric patients is a significant, comprehensive and at the same time difficult task facing the psychiatric hospitals run by the Land government. In this field of psychiatry too, new approaches and concepts are beginning to materialise, which, however, are rendered even more difficult by many obstacles which have to be overcome. The present article reports from the practice of a Land hospital, and describes the new accents which have to be placed on diagnostic and therapeutic aspects as a result of the opening of a new ward for gerontopsychiatric patients, and explains how these new aspects influence prognosis. The article is based on the data of 200 patients whose treatment has been completed after this study was taken up. The purpose of this article is to provide a first critical reflection on the work done by the hospital and its staff, including the stimulation of discussions with other institutes and the outpatients field of activities.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010351	Patient Discharge	The administrative process of discharging the patient, alive or dead, from hospitals or other health facilities.	Discharge Planning,Discharge Plannings,Discharge, Patient,Discharges, Patient,Patient Discharges,Planning, Discharge,Plannings, Discharge
D003704	Dementia	An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.	Senile Paranoid Dementia,Amentia,Familial Dementia,Amentias,Dementia, Familial,Dementias,Dementias, Familial,Dementias, Senile Paranoid,Familial Dementias,Paranoid Dementia, Senile,Paranoid Dementias, Senile,Senile Paranoid Dementias
D005852	Geriatric Psychiatry	A subspecialty of psychiatry concerned with the mental health of the aged.	Psychiatry, Geriatric,Psychogeriatrics
D005860	Germany, West	The former Federal Republic of Germany which was reunified with the former German Democratic Republic in 1990.	Federal Republic of Germany,Germany, Federal Republic of
D006748	Hospital Departments	Major administrative divisions of the hospital.	Departments, Hospital,Department, Hospital,Hospital Department
D006778	Hospitals, Psychiatric	Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient.	Mental Hospitals,Hospitals, Mental,Mental Institutions,Psychiatric Hospitals,Hospital, Mental,Hospital, Psychiatric,Institution, Mental,Institutions, Mental,Mental Hospital,Mental Institution,Psychiatric Hospital
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000289	Admitting Department, Hospital	Hospital department responsible for the flow of patients and the processing of admissions, discharges, transfers, and also most procedures to be carried out in the event of a patient's death.	Hospital Admissions Office,Hospital Admitting Department,Admitting Department,Admissions Office, Hospital,Admissions Offices, Hospital,Admitting Departments,Admitting Departments, Hospital,Department, Admitting,Department, Hospital Admitting,Departments, Admitting,Departments, Hospital Admitting,Hospital Admissions Offices,Hospital Admitting Departments,Office, Hospital Admissions,Offices, Hospital Admissions
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders