Case series with late-onset psychosis hospitalized in a geriatric psychiatry unit in Turkey: Experience in 9 years

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Alici Evcimen, Yesne ^a   Ertan, Turan ^a,b   Eker, Engin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Culture; Elderly; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Turkish

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELUSION; EROTOMANIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; GUILT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYSTICISM; ONSET AGE; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; POVERTY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THOUGHT BROADCASTING; THOUGHT DISORDER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERY LATE ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA LIKE PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TURKEY;

EID: 0038281271     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610203008767     Document Type: Review

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