Cultural Aspects of Psychosis in the Elderly

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 225-231

  Faison, Warachal Eileen ^a   Armstrong, Dena ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Elderly; Ethnicity; Pharmacological treatment; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCHUMANNIOPHYTON PROBEMATICUM EXTRACT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; SENESCENCE; SIDE EFFECT; STEREOTYPY; SYNDROME; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA;

AGED; CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0344009635     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988703258668     Document Type: Review

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