Negative symptoms are a well-documented, intensively studied feature of schizophrenia. In recent years, however, increasing attention has been directed to the prominence of these symptoms in elderly patients suffering from dementia. Behavioral alterations such as avoltion, apathy, social withdrawal
Management of an elderly patient with multiple symptoms
โ Scribed by Barber, J H
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 278 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1357-8170
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