Relationship between aggressive behaviors and depression among nursing home residents with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-146

  Srikumar Menon, A ^a   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^b   Richard Hebel, J ^b   Kaup, Bruce ^a   Loreck, David ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl Itkin ^b   Burton, Lynda ^c   German, Pearl ^c   Magaziner, Jay ^b  

^a Mental Health Service Line   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dementia; Nursing home residents

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035117902     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1166(200102)16:2<139::AID-GPS284>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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