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Druz V.F. THE INFLUENCE OF LONELY LIVING ON PSYCHIATRIC STATE OF AGED PATIENTS AND FACTORS DETERMINING ITClinical and social-psychiatric methods were used to examine 235 60 and over year old patients living alone, followed-up in the psychoneurological dispensary. Lonely living influenced negatively on most patients (62,6%), rarer there was indifferent (22,5%) and positive (14,9%) influence. Clinico-social factors determining the character of lonely living influence on psychiatric state of patients were also disclosed.Key words: mentally ill patients, late-life, influence of lonely living, psychiatric state, clinico-social factors.
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Author: Druz V.F.
Year: 2012
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