Correlates of psychotic symptoms among elderly outpatients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 379-384

  Holroyd, Suzanne ^a   Laurie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Delirium; Dementia; Geriatric; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HALLUCINOSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032972823     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199905)14:5<379::AID-GPS924>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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