Behavioral and psychiatric manifestations in dementia patients in a community: Caregiver burden and outcome

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 330-334

  Nagaratnam, Nages ^a   Lewis Jones, Mary ^a   Scott, Diane ^a   Palazzi, Lisa ^a  

^a BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Dementia severity; Psychiatric phenomena

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032450496     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199812000-00013     Document Type: Article

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