Unrecognized Medical Disorders in Older Psychiatric Inpatients in a Senior Behavioral Health Unit in a University Hospital

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-125

  Woo, Benjamin K P ^a   Daly, John W ^c   Allen, Edward C ^c   Jeste, Dilip V ^b   Sewell, Daniel D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Sr Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Comorbidity; Dementia; Depression; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMFEBUTAMONE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; DONEPEZIL; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; TRAZODONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SKIN ALLERGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0041842681     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988703016002011     Document Type: Article

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