Treatment of the Aged Mentally Ill: Further Unmasking of the Effects of a Diagnosis of Chronic. Brain Syndrome

Abstract

Six elderly persons with a diagnosis of chronic brain syndrome, who resided in a home for the aged, received bi-weekly sensory stimulation and group therapy for 3 mo. The symptoms used to classify chronic brain syndrome were flexible and could improve with such treatment. Since group therapy and sensory stimulation over a relatively short period can result in clinical and testable improvement, the diagnosis of chronic brain syndrome in the elderly should not preclude the provision of appropriate psychiatric therapy.