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Understanding the challenges of personality disorders.

Residents with Alzheimer's dementia are recognized by their short-term memory loss and the fact that they are only able to 'live in the moment.' In contrast, residents with a personality disorder are recognized by their emotionalism - or lack of their controlling and manipulating behaviours, and the...

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Published in:Canadian Nursing Home Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 28 - 33
Main Author: Barnes I
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Health Media Inc. Mar/Apr2007
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