Geriatric Psychiatry Versus General Psychiatry Inpatient Treatment of the Elderly

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 352-355

  Yazgan, Izzet Cagri ^a   Greenwald, Blaine S ^a   Kremen, Neil J ^a   Strach, Joan ^a   Kramer Ginsberg, Elisse ^a  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; COGNITION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1642446027     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.2.352     Document Type: Review

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