[Spontaneous dyskinesia in the elderly and tardive dyskinesia of neuroleptics. A survey among 270 patients (author's transl)]. / Dyskinésies spontanées séniles idiopathiques et dyskinésies tardives des neuroleptiques. Enquête chez 270 vieillards.

Spontaneous dyskinesia among institutionalized elderly are much more frequent than previously thought. On 270 patients of a retirement home 63 (23.3%) exhibit a buccolinguofacial dyskinesia. Average age is 81.8. Frequency is twice higher among women (26.7%) than in men (15.2%), and twice and half higher if patients were given neuroleptics (42.4% versus 18%).

[Incidence of vitamin B 12 and folic acid deficiencies on old aged psychiatric patients]. / Fréquence des déficiences en vitamine B 12 ou en acide folique chez les patients admises en géronto-psychiatrie.

The authors have studied Vitamin B 12 and Folic-acid serum levels on 27 women admitted in geriatric psychiatry, aged 60 to 93. They have confirmed the high frequency of Vitamin B 12 deficiency and considered the quasi-constant deficiency of folic-acid. Then follow the implications of this study.