The syndrome of functional memory disorder: Definition, etiology, and natural course

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 981-988

  Schmidtke, Klaus ^a   Pohlmann, Susanne ^a   Metternich, Birgitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Somatoform disorders; Subjective cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MEMORY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYNDROME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 58149383454     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318187ddf9     Document Type: Article

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