Assessment of mood state in dementia by use of the Visual Analog Mood Scales (VAMS)

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 527-530

  Temple, Richard O ^a,b   Stern, Robert A ^a,b,e   Latham, Jennifer ^c   Ruffolo, Jessica S ^a,b,c   Arruda, James E ^d   Tremont, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84903202722     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200409000-00012     Document Type: Article

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