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Brian R. Ballinger
Researcher at University of Dundee
Publications - 51
Citations - 1009
Brian R. Ballinger is an academic researcher from University of Dundee. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychiatric hospital & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 51 publications receiving 978 citations.
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Community care for demented and non-demented elderly people: a comparison study of financial burden, service use, and unmet needs in family supporters
Ian Philp,Kevin McKee,P Meldrum,Brian R. Ballinger,Mary Gilhooly,David S. Gordon,W J Mutch,Janice E. Whittick +7 more
TL;DR: Supervisory care for demented elderly people should be further developed within an expanded domiciliary service to meet supporters needs.
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Epileptic seizures in elderly patients with dementia.
TL;DR: Patients with epilepsy were significantly younger than a control group of dementia inpatients and were significantly more cognitively impaired on the survey Clifton Assessment Procedure for the Elderly (CAPE), but not on the Mini Mental State Examination.
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Minor Self-Injury
TL;DR: Self-injury is a frequent occurrence in both mentally subnormal and mentally ill patients and its prevalence and nature in hospital populations of such individuals is determined.
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Behavioural syndromes identified by cluster analysis in a sample of 100 severely and profoundly retarded adults.
TL;DR: A diagnostic framework for psychiatric disorder in severely and profoundly retarded adults is put forward and some possible treatment approaches are suggested.
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Personality disorder in mental handicap.
TL;DR: Personality problems may be a more significant factor in assessing a mentally retarded person's acceptability in a community setting than has hitherto been realized.