Effect of a program of diverse activities on disturbed behavior in three severely demented patients

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 423-430

  Sival, Rob C ^a   Vingerhoets, Ralf W ^b   Haffmans, P M Judith ^a   Jansen, Paul A F ^c   Hazelhoff, J N Ton ^a  

^a Psychiatric Hospital Bloemendaal   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

EID: 0031447957     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004559     Document Type: Article

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