Assessment and Treatment of Hoarding in an Individual With Dementia

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Baker, Jonathan C ^a   LeBlanc, Linda A ^b   Raetz, Paige B ^c   Hilton, Laura C ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kinark Child and Family Services   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOARDING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE;

EID: 79551499006     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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