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Agitation in Demented Patients in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Jacobo E. Mintzer
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Paul Nietert
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Kerri Costa
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
L. Randolph Waid
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Extract

Alzheimer's disease and other dementing disorders have been reported in most ethnic groups living in the United States. Although the presence of these disorders in different U.S. ethnic groups is well documented, the characteristics of dementing disorders, such as the presence of behavioral disturbances, in these groups remains unexplored.

Type
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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