Geriatric psychiatry review: Differential diagnosis and treatment of the 3 D's - Delirium, dementia, and depression

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Downing, Lisa J ^a   Caprio, Thomas V ^a   Lyness, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Delirium; Dementia; Depression; Elderly; Geriatric; Mental health; Primary care; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DONEPEZIL; FISH OIL; GALANTAMINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MEMANTINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIVASTIGMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VITAMIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT FAILURE TO THRIVE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSTONIA; EXERCISE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OBESITY; PARKINSONISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TERMINAL CARE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AGED; REVIEW;

AGED; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84876773012     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-013-0365-4     Document Type: Article

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