First-onset functional brief psychoses in the elderly

Canadian Geriatrics Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 30-33

  Barak, Yoram ^a,c   Levy, Daniel ^a,c   Szor, Henry ^a,c   Aizenberg, Dov ^b,c  

^a ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Outcome; Progression; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994421686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19258348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5770/cgj.v14i2.9     Document Type: Article

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