Gender and clinical features of the dispensary living-alone geriatric psychiatric patients’ contingent

Abstract

Lonely living mentally ill patients of a late age are characterized by a significant predominance of women. The relationship of clinical manifestations with gender indicators has been established. Among single men, patients with schizophrenia and patients with deficiency syndromes prevailed. Single women were more likely to experience vas-cular diseases and psychogeny, as well as productive syndromes. Somatic condition was better in single men than in single women.

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V. F. Druz, I. N. Oleinikova, E. B. Chalaya, O. A. Demyanova

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  • EP ID EP663565
  • DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3492293
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V. F. Druz, I. N. Oleinikova, E. B. Chalaya, O. A. Demyanova (2019). Gender and clinical features of the dispensary living-alone geriatric psychiatric patients’ contingent. Neurodynamics. Журнал клинической психологии и психиатрии, 1(3), 63-66. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-663565