Contribution of PTSD/POW history to behavioral disturbances in dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 356-360

  Verma, Swapna ^a   Orengo, Claudia A ^a   Maxwell, Rebecca ^a   Kunik, Mark E ^b   Molinari, Victor A ^b   Vasterling, Jennifer J ^c,d,e   Danielle Hale, D ^f  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Dementia; Disinhibition; POW; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PARANOIA; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLDIER;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0035014215     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.333     Document Type: Article

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