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Jerome A. Yesavage

Researcher at Stanford University

Publications -  446
Citations -  43320

Jerome A. Yesavage is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cognition & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 423 publications receiving 39527 citations. Previous affiliations of Jerome A. Yesavage include United States Department of Veterans Affairs & National Institutes of Health.

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Race, violence, and psychopathology

TL;DR: The frequency of violent behavior among inpatients on an acute psychiatric unit for veterans was examined in this paper, where a modified Lion scale was used to assess violent behavior in 93 white and 24 black consecutively admitted patients receiving a fixed dose of neuroleptic.
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The Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Reappraisal

TL;DR: There is not one unique staging system, that different staging criteria might be appropriate to different research or clinical needs, depending on which part of the temporal course of the disease is of primary interest, and on whether the focus is on cognitive, functional, neurological, behavioral, economic, or other issues.
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Perceptions of life stress and chronic insomnia in older adults.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the level of self-reported stress of 42 older good sleepers and 42 poor sleepers (M age = 68.2 years) and found that those with higher life stress had greater difficulty falling asleep and less early morning waking than did those with lower life stress.
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How well are clinicians following dementia practice guidelines

TL;DR: Clinicians' choices of medications for cognition, mood, and behavior problems were broadly consistent with current practice guidelines and suggest possible priorities for quality improvement efforts.