Premorbid personality and behavioral and psychological symptoms in probable alzheimer disease

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-213

  Archer, Nicola ^a   Brown, Richard G ^a   Reeves, Suzanne J ^a   Boothby, Harry ^b   Nicholas, Helen ^b   Foy, Catherine ^a   Williams, Julie ^c   Lovestone, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; Dementia; Personality

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RESTLESSNESS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250182441     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000232510.77213.10     Document Type: Article

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