Psychotic symptoms in a population-based sample of 85-year-old individuals with dementia

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Östling, Svante ^a   Gustafson, Deborah ^a   Blennow, Kaj ^a   Börjesson Hanson, Anne ^a   Waern, Margda ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; delusions; hallucinations; psychotic symptoms; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSIS; SWEDEN; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 79951888795     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988710373596     Document Type: Article

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