PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIC MENTAL DISORDERS IN THE ELDERLY
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Organic mental disorders occur in approximately 50% of individuals over the age of 60 and in up to 70% of those above 75 years old. In recent decades, the incidence of these disorders has been observed to occur at increasingly younger ages.Abstract
Mental disorders associated with organic brain diseases represent a group of pathological conditions that develop due to structural and functional abnormalities in brain tissue, regardless of their etiology and pathogenesis.
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