Engedal K, Nordberg E, Moksnes K M, Henriksen H K, Bergem A L
Psykogeriatrisk seksjon, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1997 Oct 20;117(25):3681-3.
Services for elderly, mentally ill people have developed in response to changing needs in society. In 1990 most of the 650 beds allocated to elderly patients in psychiatric hospitals were occupied by long-term care patients. Outpatient programmes hardly existed. In 1995 about 400 beds were allocated to geriatric psychiatry. They were served by 40 physicians and 20 psychologists. Out-patients' clinics were established. Most of the in-patients were short-term admissions. Nowadays, departments of geriatric psychiatry define themselves as diagnostic and short-term units. About a third of the in-patients suffer from dementia, a third from depression, and a third from various other psychiatric disorders. The authors recommend that a special unit for geriatric psychiatry should be established in every county in Norway. Funds should be allocated for professorships at all universities.
针对社会需求的变化，为老年人和精神疾病患者提供的服务得到了发展。1990年，精神病医院分配给老年患者的650张床位中，大部分被长期护理患者占用。门诊项目几乎不存在。1995年，约400张床位被分配用于老年精神病学。有40名医生和20名心理学家为其提供服务。设立了门诊诊所。大多数住院患者都是短期入院。如今，老年精神病学部门将自己定义为诊断和短期治疗单位。大约三分之一的住院患者患有痴呆症，三分之一患有抑郁症，三分之一患有其他各种精神疾病。作者建议在挪威的每个县都设立一个老年精神病学特别单位。应拨款在所有大学设立教授职位。
