Folie a deux: Three cases in the elderly

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Burke, David ^a   Dolan, Dianne ^a   Schwartz, Raymond ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUPHENAZINE DECANOATE; HALOPERIDOL; THIORIDAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SHARED PARANOID DISORDER; SPOUSES;

EID: 0030610014     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004353     Document Type: Article

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