Melancholia in late life in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, 1871-1905: symptoms, behaviours and outcomes.

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 Q4 HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES History of Psychiatry Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1177/0957154X221117000
Brian Draper
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In the late nineteenth century, the prognosis of late-life melancholia was believed to be poor. The medical casebooks of 40 patients aged 60+years, admitted to two Hospitals for the Insane in New South Wales with melancholia between 1871 and 1905, were examined. Psychosis (87.5%), depressed mood (80%), suicidal behaviour (55%), physical ill health (55%), restlessness (50%) and fears of harm to self (50%) were identified. Main outcomes were discharge (40%) and death (37.5%). Victoria's Kew Hospital patient register for 1872-88 revealed 669 melancholia admissions with 30 aged 60+. Outcomes worsened significantly with age (chi square = 16.19, df = 4, p < 0.005), mainly due to higher mortality. Nineteenth-century late-life melancholia was a severe disorder despite many cases recovering.

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1871-1905年,澳大利亚新南威尔士州和维多利亚州晚年的忧郁症:症状、行为和结果。
在19世纪晚期,人们认为晚期忧郁症的预后很差。对新南威尔士州两家精神病医院在1871年至1905年间收治的40名60岁以上的忧郁症患者的病历进行了检查。精神病(87.5%)、抑郁情绪(80%)、自杀行为(55%)、身体不健康(55%)、烦躁不安(50%)和害怕伤害自己(50%)。主要结局为出院(40%)和死亡(37.5%)。维多利亚邱园医院1872年至1888年的病人登记显示,有669人因忧郁症入院,其中30人年龄在60岁以上。结果随着年龄的增长而显著恶化(卡方= 16.19,df = 4, p < 0.005),主要原因是死亡率升高。19世纪的晚期忧郁症是一种严重的疾病,尽管有许多病例得以康复。
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期刊介绍: History of Psychiatry publishes research articles, analysis and information across the entire field of the history of mental illness and the forms of medicine, psychiatry, cultural response and social policy which have evolved to understand and treat it. It covers all periods of history up to the present day, and all nations and cultures.
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