BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS IN DEMENTIA: NATURE AND TREATMENT

Cognitive deficits are the recognised symptoms of the dementias of later life. However, behavioural symptoms also contribute significantly to the problem and are often the main reason for a clinical consultation. The present study describes non - cognitive behavioural symptoms in 30 patients during...

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Autores principales: Khandelwal, S.K., Ahuja, G.K., Gupta, S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21776096
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description Cognitive deficits are the recognised symptoms of the dementias of later life. However, behavioural symptoms also contribute significantly to the problem and are often the main reason for a clinical consultation. The present study describes non - cognitive behavioural symptoms in 30 patients during various stages of dementia. Anxiety, depressive features, agitation, wandering and paranoid symptoms are the main features. The paper also discusses the usefulness and limitation of pharmacological treatment of these symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-29809822011-07-20 BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS IN DEMENTIA: NATURE AND TREATMENT Khandelwal, S.K. Ahuja, G.K. Gupta, S. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article Cognitive deficits are the recognised symptoms of the dementias of later life. However, behavioural symptoms also contribute significantly to the problem and are often the main reason for a clinical consultation. The present study describes non - cognitive behavioural symptoms in 30 patients during various stages of dementia. Anxiety, depressive features, agitation, wandering and paranoid symptoms are the main features. The paper also discusses the usefulness and limitation of pharmacological treatment of these symptoms. Medknow Publications 1992 /pmc/articles/PMC2980982/ /pubmed/21776096 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS IN DEMENTIA: NATURE AND TREATMENT
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title_full BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS IN DEMENTIA: NATURE AND TREATMENT
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title_short BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS IN DEMENTIA: NATURE AND TREATMENT
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