Psychiatric symptoms of dementia among elderly people with learning disabilities

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 662-666

  Cooper, Sally Ann ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depressive symptoms; Mental retardation; Phenomenology; Psychotic symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0030760777     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199706)12:6<662::AID-GPS594>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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