Symptom severity and cognitive impairment in chronically hospitalised geriatric patients with affective disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue APR., 1997, Pages 369-374

  Harvey, Philip D ^a   Powchik, Peter ^a   Parrella, Michael ^a   White, Leonard ^a   Davidson, Michael ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030978803     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.4.369     Document Type: Article

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