Table 1.

Distribution of psychiatric pathologies.

Psychiatric pathologies	All elders from NH (n=142)	%	Depressed elderly (n=46)	%
Bipolar affective disorder	13	9.15%	2	4.34%
Mental retardation	13	9.15%	5	10.58%
Schizophrenia	6	4.22%	1	217%
Other psychiatric disorder	12	8.45%	3	4.34%
Psychosis	6	4.22%	2	6.52%
Epilepsy	4	2.81%	2	6.52%
Total	54	38%	15	34.47%