Psychiatric disturbances and the use of psychotropic drugs in a population of nonagenarians

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 533-536

  Forsell, Yvonne ^a,b   Winblad, Bengt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Depression; Nonagenarians anxiety; Psychosis; Psychotropic drugs; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SLEEP DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0031010283     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199705)12:5<533::AID-GPS537>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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