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A Comparative Psychometric Assessment of Psychogeriatric and Geriatric Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Daphne W. Cowan ,
Patricia M. Wright ,
A. J. Gourlay ,
A. Smith ,
G. Barron ,
J. de Gruchy ,
J. R. M. Copeland ,
M. J. Kelleher  and
J. M. Kellett
Daphne W. Cowan
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
Patricia M. Wright
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
A. J. Gourlay
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
A. Smith
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
G. Barron
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
J. de Gruchy
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
J. R. M. Copeland
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF
M. J. Kelleher
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project
J. M. Kellett
Affiliation:
U.S./U.K. Diagnostic Project
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Summary

A battery of psychological tests was administered on three occasions over a three-month period to 75 patients admitted to a geriatric hospital and 75 patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals serving the same catchment area. The test results, used as an independent criterion, provided evidence that the criteria of psychiatric diagnosis were applied with constancy and accuracy in the two types of hospital, and supported the psychiatrists' findings that there were no strong grounds to believe that elderly patients were being ‘misplaced’ in one or other type of hospital facility.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 1 , July 1975 , pp. 33 - 41
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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