The epidemiology of functional psychoses of late onset

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 176-189

  Henderson, A S ^a   Kay, D W K ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional psychoses; Paranoid states; Paraphrenia; Prevalence estimates; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030874466     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02900214     Document Type: Review

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