Agitation in the morning: Symptom of depression in dementia?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-340

  Theison, Anna Katharina ^a,e   Geisthoff, Urban W ^b   Förstl, Hans ^c   Schröder, Stefan G ^d,e  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Working Group Greifswald   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agitation; Dementia; Depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORNING; NIGHT; PATIENT CODING; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STAGING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649352910     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2108     Document Type: Article

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