A descriptive study of first presentation psychosis in old age

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 814-824

  Hassett, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

First presentation psychosis; Late paraphrenia; Late onset psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0033385150     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00651.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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