| Literature DB >> 21536160 |
Alana Iglewicz1, Thomas W Meeks, Dilip V Jeste.
Abstract
Psychosis is common in late-life and exacts enormous costs to society, affected individuals, and their caregivers. A multitude of etiologies for late-life psychosis exist, the two most prototypical being schizophrenia and psychosis of Alzheimer disease (AD). As such, this article focuses on the nonaffective, neuropsychiatric causes of chronic psychosis in the elderly, specifically schizophrenia, delusional disorder, and the psychosis of AD and other dementias.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21536160 PMCID: PMC3093110 DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2011.02.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychiatr Clin North Am ISSN: 0193-953X