Behavior problems in demented nursing home residents: A multifaceted approach to assessment and management

Comprehensive Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 183-188

  Sutor, Bruce ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OXAZEPAM; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRAZODONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036918430     PISSN: 00988243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12019-002-0016-x     Document Type: Article

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