Social & behavioral research on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia in diverse populations: A bibliography

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• Akpaffiong, M., Kunik, M. E., Hale, D., Molinari, V., & Orengo, C. (1999). Cross-cultural differences in demented geropsychiatric inpatients with behavioral disturbances. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(10), 845-850.
  
• Auchus, A. (1997). Demographic and clinical features of Alzheimer's disease in black Americans: Preliminary observations on an outpatient samples in Atlanta, Georgia. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 11(1), 38-46.
  
• Baiyewu, O., Smith-Gamble, V., Akinbiyi, A., Lane, K. A., Hall, K. S., Ogunniyi, A., et al. (2003). Behavioral and caregiver reaction of dementia as measured by the neuropsychiatric inventory in Nigerian community residents. International Psychogeriatrics, 15(4), 399-409.
  
• Bassiony, M. M., Warren, A., Rosenblatt, A., Baker, A., Steinberg, M., Steele, C. D., et al. (2002). Isolated hallucinosis in Alzheimer's disease is associated with African-American race. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(3), 205-210.
  
• Binetti, G., Mega, M. S., Magni, E., Padovani, A., Rozzini, L., Bianchetti, A., et al. (1998). Behavioral disorders in Alzheimer disease: A transcultural perspective. Archives of Neurology, 55(4), 539-544.
  
• Bowirrat, Abdalla; Oscar-Berman, Marlene; Logroscino, Giancarlo. (2006). Association of depression with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in an elderly Arab population of Wadi-Ara, Israel. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(3), 246-51.
  
• Briones, D. F., Ramirez, A. L., Guerrero, M., & Ledger, E. (2002). Determining cultural and psychosocial factors in Alzheimer disease Among Hispanic populations. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 16(Suppl. 2), S86-S88.
  
• Chen, J. C., Borson, S., & Scanlan, J. M. (2000). Stage-specific prevalence of behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease in a multi-ethnic community sample. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 8(2), 123-133.
  
• Chow, T. W., Liu, C. K., Fuh, J. L., Leung, V. P. Y., Tai, C. T., Chen, L. W., et al. (2002). Neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease differ in Chinese and American patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(1), 22-28.
  
• Cohen, C. I. (2000). Racial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms among dementia patients: A comparison of African Americans and whites. International Psychogeriatrics, 12(Suppl. 1), 395-402.
  
• Cohen, C. I., & Carlin, L. (1993). Racial differences in clinical and social variables among patients evaluated in a dementia assessment center. Journal of the National Medical Association, 85(5), 379-384.
  
• Cohen, C. I., Hyland, K., & Magai, C. (1998). Depression among African American nursing home patients with dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 6(2), 162-175.
  
• Cohen, C. I., Hyland, K., & Magai, C. (1998). Interracial and intraracial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms, sociodemography, and treatment among nursing home patients with dementia. Gerontologist, 38(3), 353-361.
  
• Cohen, C. I., & Magai, C. (1999). Racial differences in neuropsychiatric symptoms among dementia outpatients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7(1), 57-63.
  
• Edwards, D., & Baum, C. (1996). Functional performance of inner city African-American older persons with dementia. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, 12(2), 17-27.
  
• Espiritu, D. A., Rashid, H., Mast, B. T., Fitzgerald, J., Steinberg, J., & Lichtenberg, P. A. (2001). Depression, cognitive impairment and function in Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(44), 1098-1103.
  
• Fillenbaum, G. G., Heyman, A., Huber, M. S., Ganguli, M., & Unverzagt, F. W. (2001). Performance of elderly African American and white community residents on the CERAD Neuropsychology Battery. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7(4), 502-509.
  
• Haider, Imran, Shah, Ajit. (2004). Pilot study of behavioral and psychological signs and symptoms of dementia in patients of Indian sub-continent origin admitted to a dementia day hospital in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(12), 1195-1204.
  
• Hargrave, R., Stoeklin, M., Haan, M., & Reed, B. (1998). Clinical aspects of Alzheimer's disease in black and white patients. Journal of the National Medical Association, 90(2), 78-84.
  
• Harwood, D. G., Barker, W. W., Ownby, R. L., & Duara, R. (2000). Clinical characteristics of community-dwelling black Alzheimer's disease patients. Journal of the National Medical Association, 92(9), 424-429.
  
• Hendrie, H. C., Gao, S., & Baiyewu, O. (2000). A comparison of symptoms of behavioral disturbances in Yoruba and African American demented individuals. International Psychogeriatrics, 12(Suppl. 1), 403-408.
  
• Jett, Kathleen F. (2006). Mind-loss in the African American community: dementia as a normal part of aging. Journal of Aging Studies 20(1): 1-10.
  
• Kim, Jung-Hyun; Knight, Bob G.; Longmire, Crystal V. (2007). The role of familism in stress and coping processes among African American and White dementia caregivers: Effects on mental and physical health. Health Psychology, 26(5), 564-76.


• Mintzer, J. E., Nietert, P., Costa, K., & Waid, L. R. (1996). Cross-cultural perspectives: Agitation in demented patients in the United States. International Psychogeriatrics, 8(Suppl. 3), 487-490.
  
• Nyenhuis, D. L., Gorelick, P. B., Freels, S., & Garron, D. C. (2002). Cognitive and functional decline in African Americans with VaD, AD, and stroke without dementia. Neurology, 8(58), 56-61.
  
• Ogunniyi, A., Gureje, O., Baiyewu, O., Unverzagt, F. W., Hall, K. S., Oluwole, S., et al. (1997). Profile of dementia in a Nigerian community - types, patterns of impairment and severity rating. Journal of the National Medical Association, 89(6), 392-396.
  
• Ortiz, Freddy; Fitten, L. Jaime; Cummings, Jeffrey L.; Hwang, Sun; Fonseca, Maureen. (2006). Neuropsychiatric and behavioral symptoms in a community sample of Hispanics with Alzheimer's disease. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 21(4), 263-73.
  
• Pang, L. W., Chow, T. W., Cummings, J. L., Leung, V. P. Y., Chiu, H. F. K., Lam, L. C. W., et al. (2002). Effect of neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease on Chinese and American caregivers. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(1), 29-34.
  
• Purandare, Nitin; Luthra, Vikram; Swarbrick, Caroline; Burns, Alistair. Knowledge of dementia among South Asian (Indian) older people in Manchester, UK. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(8), 777-81.


• Schreiner, A. S., Yamamoto, E., & Shiotani, H. (2000). Agitated behavior in elderly nursing home residents with dementia in Japan. Journals of Gerontology (Series B), 55(3), P180-P186.
  
• Shadlen, M.F., Larson, E. B., Gibbons, L., McCormick, W. C., & Teri, L. (1999). Alzheimer's disease symptom severity in blacks and whites. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 47(4), 482-486.
  
• Sink, K. M., Covinsky, K. E., Newcomer, R., & Yaffe, K. (2004). Ethnic differences in the prevalence and pattern of dementia-related behaviors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(8), 1277-1283.
  
• Sleath, Betsy, Thorpe, Joshua, Landerman, Lawrence R., Doyle, Marti & Clipp, Elizabeth. African-American and white caregivers of older adults with dementia: Differences in depressive symptomology and psychotropic drug use. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53(3), 397-404.
  
• Smith-Gamble, V., Baiyewu, O., Perkins, A. J., Gureje, O., Hall, K. S., Ogunniyi, A., et al. (2002). Informant reports of changes in personality predict dementia in a population-based study of elderly African Americans and Yoruba. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 10(6), 724-732.
  
• Steinberg, M., Munro, C. A., Samus, Q., Rabins, P. V., Brandt, J., & Lyketsos, C. G. (2004). Patient predictors of response to treatment of depression in Alzheimer's disease: The DIADS study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(2), 144-150.
  
• Yeo, G., Gallagher-Thompson, D., & Lieberman, M. (1996). Variations in dementia characteristics by ethnic category. In D. Gallagher-Thompson & G. Yeo (Eds.), Ethnicity and the dementias (pp. 21-30). Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.
  

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