Using a biopsychosocial model of dementia as a tool to guide clinical practice

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 957-965

  Spector, Aimee ^a   Orrell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; intervention; model; theory; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; MODEL; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BRAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REALITY TESTING; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77957294464     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000840     Document Type: Review

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