Schizophrenia and older adults. An Overview: Directions for research and policy

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-28

  Cohen, Carl I ^a   Cohen, Gene D ^a   Blank, Karen ^a   Gaitz, Charles ^a   Katz, Ira R ^a   Leuchter, Andrew ^a   Maletta, Gabe ^a   Meyers, Barnett ^a   Sakauye, Kenneth ^a   Shamoian, Charles ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA;

EID: 0033989131     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200002000-00003     Document Type: Article

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