Bright light treatment of behavioral and sleep disturbances in patients with Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 1028-1032

  Satlin, Andrew ^a   Volicer, Ladislav ^b   Ross, Virginia ^b   Herz, Lawrence ^b   Campbell, Scott ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026732585     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.149.8.1028     Document Type: Article

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