Personality disorder masquerading as dementia: A case of apparent Diogenes syndrome [4]

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 703-705

  Greve, Kevin W ^a   Curtis, Kelly L ^b   Bianchini, Kevin J ^b   Collins, Bradley T ^a  

^a Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIOGENES SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NARCISSISM; NEGLECT; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 3242880231     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1110     Document Type: Letter

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