The meanings of delusions in dementia: A preliminary study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b   Golander, Hava ^a   Ben Israel, Joshua ^c   Garfinkel, Doron ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Shoham Geriatric Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Etiology; Old age; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BOREDOM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; DEMENTIA; DISORIENTATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; THEFT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOREDOM; CONFUSION; DELUSIONS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 80051706027     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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