A biopsychosocial interpretation of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory – Nursing Home assessment: reconceptualising psychiatric symptom attributions

Background The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) is predicated on the assumption that psychiatric symptoms are manifestations of disease. Biopsychosocial theories suggest behavioural changes viewed as psychiatric may also arise as a result of external behavioural triggers. Knowing the causes of psych...

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Main Authors: Sarah J. Smith, Alys W. Griffiths, Byron Creese, Cara Sass, Claire A. Surr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2020-11-01
Series:BJPsych Open
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472420001131/type/journal_article