Neuropsychiatric and cognitive profile of patients with DSM-IV delirium referred to an old age psychiatry consultation-liaison service

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1167-1174

  Jabbar, Faiza ^a   Leonard, Maeve ^b,c   Meehan, Karena ^a   O'Connor, Margaret ^b   Cronin, Con ^d   Reynolds, Paul ^b,c   Meaney, Anna Maria ^b,c   Meagher, David ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Delirium; dementia; phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 84855182973     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210002383     Document Type: Article

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