The psychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
The authors used a semistructured interview administered to primary family caregivers to assess the prevalence and nature of psychiatric pathology in 175 well-diagnosed community-residing Alzheimer's disease patients. Symptoms that are indicative of depression in the cognitively intact were virtually ubiquitous in this demented population. A variety of psychotic features were also regularly reported. The implications of these findings for the recognition and treatment of reversible psychiatric impairment are discussed.
Merriam
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Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
Aronson
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Gaston
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Wey
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Katz
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D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001519:Behavior; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*