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Associations of psychotic symptoms in dementia sufferers.
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BACKGROUND: Psychotic symptoms in dementia have been considered as a single category which may have masked important associations. An exploratory analysis was undertaken to look separately at delusions, visual hallucinations and delusional misidentification. METHOD: Psychotic symptoms were assessed with the Burns' Symptom Checklist in 124 patients with DSM-III-R dementia. RESULTS: Eighty-three (66.9%) patients had psychotic symptoms. Deafness and life events were associated with delusions and...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
- Volume:
- 167
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 537-540
- Publication date:
- 1995-10-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1472-1465
- ISSN:
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0007-1250
- Source identifiers:
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60849
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:60849
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- pubs:60849
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 1995
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