Delusion of theft and phantom intruder delusion in demented elderly patients in Japan

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 142-148

  Terada, Seishi ^a   Ishizu, Hideki ^b   Fujisawa, Yoshikatsu ^c   Yokota, Osamu ^a   Kugo, Aki ^a   Nakashima, Hanae ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Ishihara, Takeshi ^a   Nakashima, Tadao ^d   Nakashima, Yoshihiko ^d   Sasaki, Ken ^c   Kuroda, Shigetoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Zikei Institute of Psychiatry   (Japan)

^c Kinoko Espoir Hospital   (Japan)

^d Sanyo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delusion of theft; Dementia; Dementia of Alzheimer type; Phantom intruder delusion; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESSNESS; THEFT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELUSIONS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 24644512841     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988705277538     Document Type: Article

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