Severely stressful events and dementia: A study of an elderly Greek demented population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-54

  Tsolaki, Magda ^a   Papaliagkas, Vasileios ^a   Kounti, Fotini ^b   Messini, Chaido ^b   Boziki, Marina ^a   Anogianakis, Georgios ^a   Vlaikidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Greek Alzheimer Association   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Risk factors; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GREECE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 76549084279     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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