Inappropriate sexual behavior in a geriatric population

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1182-1188

  Bardell, Andrea ^a   Lau, Timothy ^a   Fedoroff, J Paul ^a,b  

^a ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Dementia; disinhibition; frontal; hypersexuality; interventions; pharmacology; vascular

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855180529     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211000676     Document Type: Article

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