Awareness in early-stage Alzheimer's disease: Relationship to outcome of cognitive rehabilitation

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-226

  Clare, Linda ^a   Wilson, Barbara A ^b   Carter, Gina ^b   Roth, Ilona ^c   Hodges, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY AWARENESS RATING SCALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842609439     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.26.2.215.28088     Document Type: Article

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