Correlates of aggressive behavior in dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-158

  Hall, Kathryn A ^a,b   O'Connor, Daniel W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Aggressive behavior; BPSD; Dementia; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGGRESSION; AGING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CINHAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; GENDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDLINE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 3242717663     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610204000286     Document Type: Review

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