Agitation/Behavior problems 

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Billig, N. (1986).  Agitated behaviors in the elderly I: A conceptual review.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 34(10), 711-721.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Marx, M. S., & Rosenthal, A. S. (1989).  A description of agitation in a
nursing home.  Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 44(3), M77-M84.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1989).  Agitation in the elderly.  In N. Billig & P. Rabins (Eds.), Advances
in psychosomatic medicine:  Geriatric psychiatry (pp. 101-113). Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1991).  The agitated nursing home resident.  In M. Harper (Ed.),
Management and Care of the Elderly: Psychosocial Perspectives.  Sage Publications: Newbury
Park London.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1992).  Agitation in the elderly.  Masters in Psychiatry, published for the
Upjohn Company by Cliggott Communications: Greenwich, CT.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Marx, M. S., & Lipson, S. (1993).  Assessment and management
of behavior problems in the nursing home setting.  In L. Z. Rubenstein & D. Wieland (Eds.),
Improving Care in the Nursing Home (NH): Comprehensive Reviews of Clinical Research,
Chapter 11, pp. 275-313.  Sage Publications: Newbury Park, London, New Delhi.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Watson, V., & Pasis, S. (1995).  Agitation in participants of
adult day care centers: The experiences of relatives and staff members.  International
Psychogeriatrics, 7(3), 447-458.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Culpepper, J., Wolfson, S., & Bickel,E. (1996). Wandering and
aggression. (1996).  The Practical Handbook of Clinical Gerontology.  Motoric behavior
problems: Wandering & aggression. In L.L. Carstensen, B. A. Edelstein, & L. Dornbrand (Eds.),
The Practical Handbook of Clinical Gerontology. Chapter 17, pp. 374-397.  Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1996).  New ways to approach manifestations of Alzheimer's disease and
reduce burdens. International Psychogeriatrics, 8, 91-94.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1996). Inappropriate Behavior. In T. Radebaugh & Z. Khachaturian (Eds.),
Alzheimer's Disease: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care.  Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Inc.

Cohen Mansfield, J. &  Deutsch, L. (1996).  Agitation: Subtypes and their mechanisms. Seminars in
Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 1(4), 325-339.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2000). “Theoretical Frameworks for Behavioral Problems in Dementia”
Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 1(4); 8-21

Cohen-Mansfield, J.  (2001).  Managing agitation in elderly patients with dementia.  Geriatric Times, 2(3).

Cohen –Mansfield, J. (2001).  (Letter to the Editor) Diagnostic categorization of behavioral and psychological
 symptoms in dementia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 9(2), 180-181.

Marx, M., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2001).  Hoarding behavior in the elderly: A comparison between 
community-dwelling persons and nursing home residents.  International Psychogeriatrics, 15(3), 289-306.

Cohen-Mansfield, J.  (2002).  Managing agitation in elderly patients with dementia.  Psychiatric Times, 19(1), 77-78.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2003).  Agitation in the elderly: Definitional and theoretical conceptualizations. 
        In: D.P. Hay, D. Klein, L. Hay, G. Grossberg, &      Kennedy, J.S. (Eds.), Agitation in Patients with Dementia: 
        A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management (pp. 1-22).  Washington, DC: American      Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Rabinowitz, J., Davidson, M., De Deyn, P.P., Katz, I., Brodaty, H., and Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2005).   Factor Analysis of the Cohen-Mansfield 
Agitation Inventory in an Integrated Database of Nursing Home Patients with Dementia and Behavioral Disturbance.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.13(11):991‑8.

Predictors and characteristics

  Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1986).  Agitated behaviors in the elderly II: Preliminary results in the
cognitively deteriorated.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 34(10), 722-727.

  Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1987).  The relationship between agitated behavior and cognitive decline
in nursing home elderly:  Preliminary results. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service
No. ED 182 465).

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1988).  Agitated behavior and cognitive functioning in nursing home residents:
Preliminary results.  Clinical Gerontologist, 7(3/4), 11-22.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Marx, M. S. (1988). The relationship between depression and agitation
in nursing home residents. Comprehensive Gerontology, 2, 141-146.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Marx, M. S. (1989).  Do past experiences predict agitation in nursing
home residents?  International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 28(4),285-294.
Also abstracted in Abstracts in Social Gerontology, 33(1), 113, March 1990.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Billig, N., Lipson, S., Rosenthal, A. S. & Pawlson, L. G. (1990). Medical
correlates of agitation in nursing home residents.  Gerontology, 36(3), 150-158.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Marx, M. S. (1990).  The relationship between sleep disturbances and
agitation in a nursing home.  Journal of Aging and Health, 2(1), 42-57.  Also abstracted in
Abstracts in Social Gerontology, 33(1), 114, March 1990.

Marx, M. S., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1990).  Agitation and falls in institutionalized
elderly persons.  The Journal of Applied Gerontology, 9(1), 106-117.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Marx, M. S., & Rosenthal, A. S. (1990).  Dementia and agitation in nursing
home residents:  How are they related?  Psychology and Aging, 5(1), 3-8.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Marx, M. S., & Werner, P. (1992).  Agitation in elderly persons: An integrative
report of findings in a nursing home.  International Psychogeriatrics, 4(Suppl.2), 221-240.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Marx, M. S. (1992).  The social network of the agitated nursing home
resident.  Research on Aging, 14(1), 10-123.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Culpepper, W.J., & Werner, P. (1995).  The relationship between cognitive
function and agitation in senior day care participants.  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry,
10, 585-595.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Freedman, L. (1995).  Sleep and agitation in agitated nursing
home residents: An observational study.  Sleep, 18(8):674-680.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Culpepper, W.J., Werner, P., Watson, V., & Pasis, S (1997). Relationship
between sleep disturbances and agitation in senior day care participants. Monographs of the
Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, 97.  Rockville, MD

Cohen-Mansfield, J. & Werner, P.  (1998).  Longitudinal changes in behavioral problems in old
age: A study in an adult day care population.  Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences,
53A(1), M65-M71.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Taylor, L., & Werner, P.  (1998)  Delusions and hallucinations in an adult
day care population: A longitudinal study.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 6(2), 104-121.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Marx, M.S., Lipson, S., & Werner, P. (1999). Predictors of mortality in
nursing home residents. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 52(4) 273-280.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1999).  Longitudinal predictors of non-aggressive agitated behaviors
 in the elderly. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(10), P831-844.

  Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2000). The Relationship Between Type of Inappropriate Behavior, Cognitive
Level, and Time: Result Based on an Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study. Monographs of the
Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, 134.  Rockville, MD.

 McShane, R.,  Cohen-Mansfield, J & Werner, P (2000). Predictors of aggressive behaviors.
Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease.

^{Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Libin, A. (2005)   Verbal and physical agitation in cognitively impaired elderly with dementia:
 robustness of syndromes.  Journal of Psychiatric Research 39: 325-332.}

Environmental influences on behavior

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Rosenthal, A. (1988).  Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Marx, M. S.
(1992).  The social environment of the agitated nursing home resident.  International Journal of
Geriatric Psychiatry, 7, 789-798.

  Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Braun, J., & Marx, M. S. (1989).  Physical restraints and
agitation in nursing home residents.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 37(12), 1122-1126.
Also published in Restraints and the Frail Elderly Patient: Practical Considerations for Hospitals and
Nursing Homes, 155-159, June 1990.  Hospital Association of New York State.  Also published in
the accompanying printed material for the educational video entitled "Developing Alternatives to
Restraints." Medcom, Inc. Garden Grove, CA, 1992.

Marx, M. S., Werner, P., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1989).  Agitation and touch in the nursing home.
Psychological Reports, 64, 1019-1026.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Marx, M. S. (1989).  An observational study of agitation in
agitated nursing home residents.  International Psychogeriatrics, 1(2), 153-165.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Watson, V., Meade, W., Gordon, M., Leatherman, J., & Emor, C.  (1989).
Does sundowning occur in residents of an Alzheimer's unit?  International Journal of Geriatric
Psychiatry, 4, 293-298.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Marx, M. S., & Werner, P. (1989). Full moon: Does it influence agitated
behaviors of nursing home residents?  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45(4), 611-614. Abstracted
in The Brown University Long-term Care Letter, 2(8), April 1990, p.5.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Marx, M. S. (1990).  The spatial distribution of agitation in
agitated nursing home residents.  Environment and Behavior, 22(3), 408-419.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Marx, M. S., Werner, P., & Freedman, L. (1992).  Temporal patterns of
agitated nursing home residents.  International Psychogeriatrics, 4(No.2), 197-206.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Marx, M. S., & Werner, P. (1992).  Observational data on time use and
behavior problems in the nursing home.  The Journal of Applied Gerontology, 11(1), 111-121.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Marx, M.S. (1994).  The impact of infection on agitation
3 case studies in the nursing home.  Journal of Alzheimer's Care and Related Disorders
Research, July/August, 30-34.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1995).  Environmental influences on agitation: An integrative
summary of an observational study.  The American Journal of Alzheimer's Care and Related
Disorders & Research, 10(1), 32-39.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1998)  The effects of an enhanced environment on nursing
home residents who pace. Gerontologist, 38(2), 199-208.

Pacing

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Marx, M. S. & Freedman, L. (1991).  Two studies of
pacing in the nursing home. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 46(3), M77-83.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Culpepper, W. J., Wolfson, M., & Bickel, E. (1996).
Motoric behavior problems: Wandering & aggression. In L. L. Carstensen, B. A. Edelstein,
The Practical Handbook of Clinical Gerontology. Chapter 17, pp. 374-397. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Culpepper, W.J., Werner, P., Wolfson, M., & Bickel, E. (1997).
Assessment of ambulatory behavior in nursing home residents who pace or wander: 
A comparison of four commercially available devices.  Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders,  
8(6), 359-365.  Also suggested for review in Current Awareness in Biomedicine: Aging, 
7(1), Sheffield Press.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Culpepper, W.J., & Barkley, D. (1997).  Evaluation of an
in-service training program on dementia and wandering.  Journal of Gerontological 
Nursing, 23(10), 40-47. 

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1997). Effets d’un jardin therapeutique sur les troubles du
comportement et l’humeur de residents de maisons de retraite presentant une deambulation.
Maladie D’Alzheimer (1977), 4, 199-201.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1998). Visits to an outdoor garden: Impact on behavior and
mood of nursing home residents who pace.  In B.J. Vellas, J. Fitten, G. Frisconi (Eds.):
Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease Intervention in Gerontology. Serdi Publishing:
Paris, France.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1998)  The effects of an enhanced environment on nursing
home residents who pace. Gerontologist, 38(2), 199-208.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. & Werner, P. (1999).  Outdoor wandering parks for persons suffering from
dementia. A survey of characterization and utilization. Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated
Disorders - An International Journal, 13(2), 109-117.

^Hoarding

Marx, M., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2001).  Hoarding behavior in the elderly: A comparison between
 community-dwelling persons and nursing home residents.  International Psychogeriatrics, 15(3), 289-306.

Verbally disruptive behaviors/screaming

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., & Marx, M. S. (1990).  Screaming in nursing home residents.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 38, 785-792.  Also abstracted in Abstracts in Social
Gerontology 34(1), 231, March 1991 and Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 3,
178-179, July-September 1990.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1994).  Verbally disruptive behavior in elderly persons:
A review. In B.J. Vellas, J.L. Albarede, & P.J. Garry (Eds.),  Facts & Research in Gerontology
(Supplement): Dementia and Cognitive Functioning (pp. 73-82).  New York: Springer Publishing.

Werner, P., Hay, D.P., Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1995).  Management of disruptive vocalizations in the
nursing home. Nursing Home Medicine, 3(9), 217-225.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P. (1997). Do resident characteristics predict the effectiveness of
music for decreasing verbally disruptive behavior? Monograph 115, Research Institute of the Hebrew
Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1997). Typology of verbally disruptive behaviors in the nursing home.
  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12, 1079-1091.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1997). Management of verbally disruptive behaviors in the
nursing home.  Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 52A(6), M369-M377. Also abstracted
in Great Ideas for Long-Term Care, 12(11), 3 and Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon
General  (2000), on line www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter5/sec1.html.

  Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P. (1998).  Determinants of the effectiveness of one-to-one social
interactions for treating verbally disruptive behaviors.  Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 4, 3:323-334.

  Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Newman, J.D. (1999).  Auditory perceptions of vocalizations
manifested by verbally agitated nursing home residents.  Aging and Mental Health, 3(1) 50-53.  

^{Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Hammerschmidt, K., & Newman, J.  (2003).  Acoustic properties 
of vocally disruptive behaviors in the nursing home.  Gerontology, 49(3), 161-167.}

Aggression

Marx, M. S., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1990).  A profile of the aggressive nursing home
resident.  Behavior, Health and Aging, 1(1), 65-73.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Culpepper, W. J., Wolfson, M., & Bickel, E. (1996). Motoric
behavior problems: Wandering & aggression. In L. L. Carstensen, B. A. Edelstein,
L. Dornbrand (Eds.),  The Practical Handbook of Clinical Gerontology.Chapter 17,
pp.374-397. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner P. (1998). Predictors of aggressive behaviors: A longitudinal
study in senior day care centers. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences,
53B(5), P300-P310.

Intervention

Pharmacological treatment

Billig, N., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Lipson, S. (1991).  Pharmacological treatment of agitation in
a nursing home.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 39(10), 1002-1005.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Gruber-Baldini, A., Lipson, S., Farley, J., & Woosley, R. (1996).
Longitudinal prescribing patterns of psychotropic drugs in nursing home residents. 
Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology, 4(2), 224-233.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Lipson, S., Werner, P., Billig, N., Taylor L., Woosley, R. (1999).
Withdrawal of Haloperidol, Thioridazine, Lorazepam in the nursing home: A controlled double
blind study.  Archives of Internal Medicine, 159:1733-1740. Also abstracted in the Brown
University GeroPsych Report October 1999 3(10) 3-4. And in Modern Medicine December
1999, 67(12) 19. And in Annals of Long-Term Care January 2000, 8(1) 86.

Cohen-Mansfield, J.  (2000).  The conceptualization of behavioral problems associated with
dementia: Issues related to the development of pharmacological interventions.  Monographs
of the Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, 147.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Garfinkel, D., Lipson, S. (2000) Melatonin for treatment of sundowning
in elderly persons with dementia – a preliminary study.  Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics,
31(1), 65-76.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Taylor, L., Woosley, R., Lipson, S., Werner, P. and  Billig, N. (2000).
Relationship Between Psychotropic Drug Dosage, Plasma Drug Concentration, and Prolactin
Levels in Nursing Home Residents. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 22:688-694.

Nonpharmacological treatment

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1998). Visits to an outdoor garden: Impact on behavior
and mood of nursing home residents who pace.  In B.J. Vellas, J. Fitten, G. Frisconi (Eds.):
Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s Disease  Intervention in Gerontology. Serdi Publishing:
Paris, France. 

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1998)  The effects of an enhanced environment on nursing
home residents who pace. Gerontologist, 38(2), 199-208.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P. (1997). Do resident characteristics predict the effectiveness of
music for decreasing verbally disruptive behavior? Monograph 115, Research Institute of the
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD. 419-936.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Werner, P. (1997). Management of verbally disruptive behaviors in
the nursing home.  Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 52A(6), M369-M377.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P. (1998).  Determinants of the effectiveness of one-to-one social
interactions for treating verbally disruptive behaviors.  Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 
4, 3:323-334

Werner, P., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Fisher, J., Segal, G. (2000). Characterization and effectiveness
of family-generated videotape for the management of VDB. Journal of Applied Gerontology,
19:1 42-57.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2000). Approaches to the Management of Disruptive Behaviors. In
R. Rubinstein & M.P. Lawton (Eds.): Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Strategies
in Care and Research, (39-65). Springer Publishing Company: New York.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2000). The Use of Patient Characteristics to Determine Non-Pharmacologic
Interventions. International Psychogeriatrics, 12(suppl1), 373-380.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2000) “Nonpharmacological management of behavioral problems in persons
with dementia:  The TREA model” Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 1(4); 22-34

Cohen-Mansfield, J.  (2001).  Nonpharmacologic interventions for inappropriate behaviors in dementia:  
A review, summary, and critique.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 9(4), 361-381.  
Also published as Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2004). Nonpharmacologic interventions for inappropriate 
behaviors in dementia: A review, summary, and critique. Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in 
Psychiatry; Geritaric Psychiary, 2(2), 288-308.

Camp, C., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Capezuti, E. (2002). Use of nonpharmacological interventions among 
nursing home residents with dementia.  Psychiatric Services, 53(11), 1397-1401.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2003). Nonpharmacologic interventions for psychotic symptoms in dementia. 
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 16(4), 219-224.

Libin, A., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2004). Therapeutic robocat for nursing home residents with dementia: 
A comparative study. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 19(2): 111-116.

Libin, A., & Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2004). Benefits of robotic pets for Alzheimer’s disease patients. 
Activities Directors’ Quarterly for Alzheimer’s & Other Dementia Patients, 5(2), 15-18.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2004)  Cognitive and behavioral interventions for persons with dementia  
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology, Vol. 1, Elsevier Inc, pp.377-385.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Mintzer, J.E. (2005).  Time for Change: The Role of Nonpharmacological 
Interventions in Treating Behavior Problems in Nursing Home Resident With Dementia. 
Alzheimer's Disease & Associated Disorders, 19(1), 37-40.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2005). Nonpharmacological Interventions for persons with dementia.  
Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, April/June; Vol. 6(2):129-145.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Lipson, S., Patel, D., Tomsko-Nay, P., Alvarez, C., Wilks, G., Compton, G., Doyle, D. 
& Smith, M.  (2005).  Wisdom from the front lines: Clinicians’ description of treating agitation in the 
nursing home: A pilot study.  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol 6 Issue 4, pp 257-264.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2006) Nonpharmacological approaches to the care of dementia with Lewy Bodies. 
 In J O’Brian, I McKeith, D Ames & E Chiu (Eds.). Dementia with Lewy Bodies. (p. 193-206). 
Oxon, UK: Taylor & Francis.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. and Jensen, B. (2006). Do interventions bringing current self-care practices into
 greater correspondence with those performed premorbidly benefit the person with dementia? 
A pilot study. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. 21(5)312-317.

Assessment

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Werner, P., Marx, M. S., & Lipson, S. (1993).  Assessment and management
of behavior problems in the nursing home setting.  In L. Z. Rubenstein & D. Wieland
(Eds.), Improving Care in the Nursing Home (NH): Comprehensive Reviews of Clinical Research,
Chapter 11, pp. 275-313.  Sage Publications: Newbury Park, London, New Delhi.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1994). Reflections on the assessment of behavior in nursing home residents.
Alzheimer's Disease & Associated Disorders, 8(1), S217-S222.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1995).  The assessment of disruptive behavior/agitation in elderly persons:
Function, methods, and difficulties. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 8, 52-60.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. Assessment of Agitation. (1996). In: Reisberg, B. (ed.), Outcome Methodologies
in Pharmacologic Trials in Mild, Moderate, and Severe Alzheimer's Disease. International
Psychogeriatrics, 8(2), 233-245.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1996).  Conceptualization of Agitation:  Results based on the Cohen-Mansfield
Agitation Inventory and the Agitation Behavior Mapping Instrument. International Psychogeriatrics,
8(3),309-315.

Koss, E., Weiner, M., Ernesto, C., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Ferris, S., Grundman, M., Schafer, K.,
Sano, M., Thal, L.J., Thomas, R.,  Whitehouse, P.J., and the Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative
Study (1997). Assessing patterns of agitation in Alzheimer’s disease patients with  Cohen-Mansfield
Agitation Inventory. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders - An International Journal, 11
(suppl. 2), S45-S50.

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Taylor, L. (1998). Assessing and understanding agitated behaviors in older
adults.  In M. Kaplan & S. Hoffman (Eds.): Behaviors in Dementia:  Best Practices for Successful
Management.  Health Professions Press, Baltimore.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (1999).  Measurement of inappropriate behavior associated with dementia.
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 25(2): 42-51.

Cohen-Mansfield, J & Martin, L.S. (1999). Assessment of Agitation in older adults  In P. A.
Lichtenberg (Ed.): Handbook of Clinical Gerontology Assessment (pp. 297-330). John Wiley &
Sons: New York.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2000).  Overview of Behavior Assessment: How to describe behavior.
Monographs of the Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, 162.
 Rockville, MD

Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Libin, A. (2004). Assessment of agitation in persons with dementia:
Informant rating versus direct observation.  International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 19: 881-891.