Personality change in old age

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a,c   Förstl, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Diogenes syndrome; Personality; Personality change; Personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOPATHY; TYPE B BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SICK ROLE; SYNDROME;

EID: 33845432298     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3280113d09     Document Type: Review

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