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Social breakdown in the elderly, II. Sociodemographic data and psychopathology
1Wakari Hospital, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Comprehensive Psychiatry
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
Current understanding of the sociodemographic and psychopathological characteristics of the syndrome of social breakdown of the elderly (SBE) is reviewed. In DSM-III-R terms, pure SBE may be best classified as an adjustment disorder with profound social withdrawal. It is argued that pure SBE is a form of "personality development" in accord with Jaspers's concept of meaningful connections.