This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Robert S. Hoffman, MD

JAMA. 1982;248(8):964-967.

Abstract
In 215 patients referred to a specialized medical-psychiatric inpatient unit, thorough neuropsychiatric evaluation resulted in a therapeutically important alteration of the referring diagnosis in 41%. Of patients referred with a tentative diagnosis of dementia, 63% were found to have treatable conditions. Increased educational efforts and use of neuropsychiatric consultation services are suggested to minimize diagnostic errors in medical practice.

(JAMA 1982;248:964-967)

Author Affiliations
From the Medical-Psychiatric Unit and Consultation-Liaison Service, St Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to St Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, 450 Stanyan St, Ward 4SB, San Francisco, CA 94117 (Dr Hoffman).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Brain 18F-FDG PET in the Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Dementias: Comparison with Perfusion SPECT and with Clinical Evaluations Lacking Nuclear Imaging
Silverman
JNM 2004;45:594-607.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

The Decreasing Prevalence of Reversible Dementias: An Updated Meta-analysis
Clarfield
Arch Intern Med 2003;163:2219-2229.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Evaluating Early Dementia With and Without Assessment of Regional Cerebral Metabolism by PET: A Comparison of Predicted Costs and Benefits
Silverman et al.
JNM 2002;43:253-266.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Integrating Medical and Psychiatric Treatment in an Inpatient Medical Setting: The Type IV Program
Kishi and Kathol
Psychosomatics 1999;40:345-355.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, the Alzheimer's Association, and the American Geriatrics Society
Small et al.
JAMA 1997;278:1363-1371.
ABSTRACT  

The Reversible Dementias: Do They Reverse?
Clarfield
ANN INTERN MED 1988;109:476-486.
ABSTRACT  

Physicians' Assessment of Cognitive Capacity: Failure to Meet the Needs of the Elderly
McCartney
Arch Intern Med 1986;146:177-178.
ABSTRACT  

The 'Sheet Sign'
Adams
JAMA 1984;251:891-891.
ABSTRACT