Age and psychosis in degenerative dementia
D.E. Nambudiri
Bok Engelsk 1997
| Utgitt | 1997
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| Omfang | Side 11- 14
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| Opplysninger | Among psychiatric inpatients with primary degenerative dementia,those with psychotic symptoms (N = 20) were older than those without(N = 20) (t = 3.48; p < 0.001). Persecutory delusions were the mostfrequent psychotic phenomena. Duration of dementia overlapped, butscores on the Global Deterioration Scale and the Cornell Scale forDepression in Dementia were lower in the psychotic group aftercorrecting for age. The limited literature concerning demographic andclinical correlates of psychosis in dementia is reviewed; the agedifference noted is consistent with two other reports.
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