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The confused patient does not usually ask for help. The general practitioner or social services are called in by worried relatives or neighbours or the confusion is noticed when the patient is admitted to hospital for some other reason. Helping the confused patient is a difficult task for a variety of reasons. Proper background knowledge to understand the causes of the patient’s confusion may be lacking; the community support and institutional care services may be inadequate and the patient may not be able to co-operate fully in using those services which are available.
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Wattis, J., Martin, C. (1994). Confusion. In: Practical Psychiatry of Old Age. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3029-3_5
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