Gender differences in clinical manifestations and outcomes among hospitalized patients with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1548-1554

  Kitamura, Tatsuru ^a   Kitamura, Maki ^a   Hino, Shoryoku ^a   Tanaka, Nana ^a   Kurata, Koichi ^a  

^a Ishikawa Prefectural Takamatsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE ASSESSMENT SCALE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOOD DISORDER; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871835635     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.11m07614     Document Type: Article

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