Psychosis in late life: How does it fit into current diagnostic criteria?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 624-629

  Crespo Facorro, Benedicto ^b   Piven, Mary Lynn Scotton ^b   Schultz, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0344959405     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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