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Review
. 2011 Jun;34(2):295-318, vii.
doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2011.02.008.

New wine in old bottle: late-life psychosis

Alana Iglewicz  1 , Thomas W Meeks, Dilip V Jeste
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Review

New wine in old bottle: late-life psychosis

Alana Iglewicz et al. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2011 Jun.

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.

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