Detecting and managing depression and anxiety in people with dementia

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-59

  Shankar, Kuttalingam K ^a   Orrell, Martin W ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CITALOPRAM; IMIPRAMINE; NIMODIPINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033965222     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200001000-00010     Document Type: Short Survey

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