Cooper Claudia, Livingston Gill
Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Charles Bell House, Riding House Street, London W1W 7EJ, UK.
Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Charles Bell House, Riding House Street, London W1W 7EJ, UK.
Clin Geriatr Med. 2014 Nov;30(4):839-50. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.08.011. Epub 2014 Sep 2.
Elder abuse may be defined as a violation of a vulnerable older person's human and civil rights. Psychiatric illness is an important cause of vulnerability to abuse, especially when it is comorbid with other risk factors, such as physical frailty, sensory impairment, social isolation, and physical dependency. Health care providers are likely to encounter elder abuse regularly, and therefore have an important role in its detection and management, and in the treatment of subsequent psychiatric illness. This article reviews the relationships between psychiatric illnesses and elder abuse and neglect, examines the psychiatric consequences, and discusses how these may be treated.
虐待老年人可被定义为对弱势老年人人权和公民权利的侵犯。精神疾病是导致易受虐待的一个重要原因，尤其是当它与其他风险因素并存时，如身体虚弱、感官障碍、社会孤立和身体依赖。医疗保健提供者很可能经常遇到虐待老年人的情况，因此在其发现和管理以及后续精神疾病的治疗中发挥着重要作用。本文回顾了精神疾病与虐待和忽视老年人之间的关系，研究了精神方面的后果，并讨论了如何进行治疗。
