Methodological issues in characterizing treatment response in demented patients with behavioral disturbances

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 537-547

  Mulsant, Benoit H ^a   Mazumdar, Sati ^b   Pollock, Bruce G ^a   Sweet, Robert A ^a   Rosen, Jules ^a   Lo, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Behavioral disturbance; Dementia; Geriatric psychopharmacology; Neuroleptic; Psychometric instrument; Rating scale; Treatment

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PERPHENAZINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGGRESSION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030916923     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199705)12:5<537::AID-GPS542>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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