Psychotic symptoms presenting in late life can oer a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. In this study, 140 geriatric outpatients were prospectively examined for psychotic symptoms and assessed on a number of demographic and clinical variables. Cognition was assessed using the Mini-Mental State E
Prevalence and correlates of psychotic symptoms among Asian males
โ Scribed by Mythily Subramaniam; Swapna Verma; Christopher Cheok; I-Min Lee; John Wong; Siow Ann Chong
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 202 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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