Symptoms of mental health and psychotropic drug use among old people in geriatric care, changes between 1982 and 2000

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-294

  Lövheim, Hugo ^a   Sandman, Per Olof ^b   Kallin, Kristina ^a   Karlsson, Stig ^a   Gustafson, Yngve ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Benzodiazepines; Dementia; Mental health; Nursing home; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TIME; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SWEDEN;

EID: 40949163895     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1876     Document Type: Article

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