Aggressive behavior, cognitive impairment, and depressive symptoms in elderly subjects

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages 347-353

  Margari, Francesco ^a   Sicolo, Michele ^a   Spinelli, Lucia ^a   Mastroianni, Franco ^b   Pastore, Adriana ^a   Craig, Francesco ^a   Petruzzelli, Maria Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Geriatrics Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral and psychological syndromes of dementia (BPSD); Dementia; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Progressive cognitive decline

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MODIFIED OVERT AGGRESSION SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSING HOME PATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84930481037     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S33745     Document Type: Article

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