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

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Africa (8)

Nigeria

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.
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.

Yoruba (Nigeria)

Hendrie, Hugh C. (2006). Lessons learned from international comparative crosscultural studies on dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(6), 480-88.
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.
Shen, Jianzhao; Gao, Sujuan; Unverzagt, Frederick W.; Ogunniyi, Adesola; Baiyewu, Olusegun; Gureje, Oye; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Hall, Kathleen S. (2006). Validation analysis of informant's ratings of cognitive function in African Americans and Nigerians. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 21(7), 618-25.
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.

Uganda

van-Duijl, Marjolein; Cardena, Etzel; de Jong, Joop. (2005). The validity of DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders Categories in South-West Uganda. Transcultural Psychiatry, 42(2), 219-241.

Africa (general)

Prince, M., Acosta, D., Chiu, H., Scazufca, M., & Varghese, M. (2003). Dementia diagnosis in developing countries: A cross-cultural validation study. Lancet, 361(9361), 909.