Draper B
St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1990 Jun;24(2):238-51. doi: 10.3109/00048679009077689.
The future development of new psychogeriatric services in Australia may well depend upon the demonstration of their potential effectiveness and efficiency. Descriptive accounts of effective services provide ample guidelines, although formal evaluation is lacking. Examining the major psychiatric disorders of the elderly shows that most are functional. Effective acute psychiatric treatment is available for these. In dementia cases, effective therapies exist for the reduction of secondary behavioural disabilities in the sufferer and the stress on carers. Adequately resourced comprehensive psychogeriatric services would be best equipped to deliver such treatments.
澳大利亚新型老年精神科服务的未来发展很可能取决于其潜在有效性和效率的展现。尽管缺乏正式评估，但对有效服务的描述性记录提供了充足的指导方针。对老年人的主要精神疾病进行研究表明，大多数疾病是功能性的。针对这些疾病有有效的急性精神科治疗方法。在痴呆症病例中，存在有效的疗法来减轻患者的继发性行为障碍以及照顾者的压力。资源充足的综合性老年精神科服务最有能力提供此类治疗。
