A concern about the proposed DSM-V criteria reclassifying cognitive disorders

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 543-

  Snelgrove, Tara A ^a   Hasnain, Mehrul ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861448559     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3182447e8c     Document Type: Letter

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