Late Life Psychosis: Assessment and General Treatment Strategies
| Autor: | Robert Emes, Hani Raoul Khouzam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Psychosis
medicine.medical_specialty Hallucinations Geriatric Psychiatry MEDLINE Primary care Diagnosis Differential medicine Humans Psychiatry Geriatric Assessment Aged Depressive Disorder Psychotropic Drugs business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Delirium Geriatric assessment General Medicine Mental illness medicine.disease Psychotherapy Psychotic Disorders Diagnosis Dual (Psychiatry) Schizophrenia Treatment strategy Anticonvulsants Dementia business Geriatric psychiatry |
| Zdroj: | Comprehensive Therapy. 33:127-143 |
| ISSN: | 1559-1190 0098-8243 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12019-007-0016-y |
| Popis: | With the increased number of elderly patients suffering from mental illness, an increased incidence of psychiatric conditions including psychotic disorders is also expected. When psychosis occurs in the elderly, its assessment and treatment may pose a challenge for primary care clinicians and caregivers. This article will review the assessment and treatment of late life psychosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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