Psychiatric needs of elderly prisoners
GM, 36, February, 2006
The number of elderly prisoners is increasing and evidence suggests that there is signifi cant
unidentifi ed psychiatric morbidity in this group. Currently, elderly prisoners who have
psychiatric needs are managed either by the generic forensic psychiatric services or generic
old age psychiatry services. Drs Arghya Sarkhel, Carlo Thomas and Ajit Shah discuss the
extent of the problem and how these patients can be better identifi ed.
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