title: Preliminary report on affective symptoms in the early stages of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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