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Peer reviewedKirby, Henry B.; Harper, Robert G. – Gerontologist, 1988
Describes demonstration by an interdisciplinary geriatric evaluation team that a newly described syndrome of hysterical pseudodementia in elderly patients often originates in developmental phenomena rather than in basic personality disturbances. Discusses team members' observations of clinical behavior which frequently differed from results of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Geriatrics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mental Disorders
