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Neurotic disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

James Lindesay and
Tony Winston
James Lindesay*
Affiliation:
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Tony Winston
Affiliation:
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
*
Professor James Lindesay, Division of Psychiatry for the Elderly, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.
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This paper updates a previous review of the topic published in this series in 1992. There are no major advances in knowledge, understanding or treatment to report, but there has been a steady growth in interest, articles, chapters and textbooks dealing with neurotic disorders in the elderly, which is an encouraging sign that these common, disabling and treatable conditions are now being taken more seriously by health professionals.

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Psychiatry of old age
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , November 1996, pp. 349 - 363
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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