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Diagnostic Problems in Geriatric Psychiatry

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There are three main areas of difficulty in the diagnosis of mental illness in elderly patients: (1) the differentiation of mental disorders from the mental changes of nonpathological aging, (2) the differentiation of mental disorders from the signs and symptoms of physical illness and impairment, and (3) the differentiation of mental illnesses from one another.

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Helmchen, H., Lauter, H. (2001). Diagnostic Problems in Geriatric Psychiatry. In: Henn, F., Sartorius, N., Helmchen, H., Lauter, H. (eds) Contemporary Psychiatry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59519-6_50

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