A Clinical Study of Elderly Patients attending Geriatric Mental Health Out-Patient Clinic

Dr Jagdish Singh Bisht; Dr. Vijay Bhandari

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

A Clinical Study of Elderly Patients attending Geriatric Mental Health Out-Patient Clinic

Dr Jagdish Singh Bisht, Dr. Vijay Bhandari

Abstract :

Demographic trend in India is shifting towards developed countries. The large proportion of geriatric population accompanies with high psychiatric morbidity. There is likely to be greater problems in providing care for increasing number of geriatric population in developing countries. Gradually, a new anch came in to existence called “Geriatric Psychiatry”. This study was carried out to evaluate the clinical profile of patients and to find the prevalence of various mental disorders in geriatric population.