Paranoid delusions and hallucinations and bright light therapy in Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1071-1072

  Schindler, Shird Dieter ^a   Graf, André ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a   Tölk, Anton ^a   Kasper, Siegfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agitation; Alzheimer's disease; Bright light therapy; Delusion; Dementia; Hallucination

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; PROTHIPENDYL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION RATING SCALE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA IRRITATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARANOID DISORDERS; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 0036850767     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.497     Document Type: Article

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