Effect of bright light treatment on agitated behavior in institutionalized elderly subjects

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 7-12

  Lovell, Barbara B ^a   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^b   Gevirtz, Richard ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Geriatric psychiatry; Nursing home residents; Sundowning

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029005460     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(95)02550-G     Document Type: Article

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