International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Research Article

AGE AND PSYCHOSIS IN DEGENERATIVE DEMENTIA

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DRAUPATHI E. NAMBUDIRI

Division of Geriatric Services, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, USA

21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605, USA. Tel: (914) 997-5814.Search for more papers by this author

J. PAUL TEUSINK,

J. PAUL TEUSINK

Division of Geropsychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

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LEONARD FENSTERHEIM,

LEONARD FENSTERHEIM

Division of Geriatric Services, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, USA

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ROBERT C. YOUNG,

ROBERT C. YOUNG

Division of Geriatric Services, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, USA

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DRAUPATHI E. NAMBUDIRI,

Corresponding Author

DRAUPATHI E. NAMBUDIRI

Division of Geriatric Services, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, USA

21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605, USA. Tel: (914) 997-5814.Search for more papers by this author

J. PAUL TEUSINK,

J. PAUL TEUSINK

Division of Geropsychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

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LEONARD FENSTERHEIM,

LEONARD FENSTERHEIM

Division of Geriatric Services, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, USA

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ROBERT C. YOUNG,

ROBERT C. YOUNG

Division of Geriatric Services, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, USA

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First published: 28 April 1999

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199701)12:1<11::AID-GPS435>3.0.CO;2-1

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Abstract

Among psychiatric inpatients with primary degenerative dementia, those with psychotic symptoms (N=20) were older than those without (N=20) (t=3.48; p<0.001). Persecutory delusions were the most frequent psychotic phenomena. Duration of dementia overlapped, but scores on the Global Deterioration Scale and the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia were lower in the psychotic group after correcting for age. The limited literature concerning demographic and clinical correlates of psychosis in dementia is reviewed; the age difference noted is consistent with two other reports. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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