Psychiatric assessment in medical long‐term care facilities: Reliability of commonly used rating scales

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 229-233

  Foster, Jeffrey R ^a   Sclan, Steven ^a   Welkowitz, Joan ^a   Boksay, Istvan ^a   Seeland, Irene ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

long term care; nursing home; periatric; pffective; pognitive impairment; psychiatric assessment; psychiatric rating scales; psychiatric symptoms; psychopathology; psychosis; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0023801827     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930030310     Document Type: Article

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