Preliminary report on affective symptoms in the early stages of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type.
The authors rated 30 probands with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type and 30 healthy controls for depression at the beginning of a longitudinal study and 1 year later. Significant degrees of depression were not found in either group at either time.
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales