The Psychiatric Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyPublished 1 January 1988
Arnold E. Merriam, Miriam K. Aronson, Patricia Gaston, Su‐Ling Wey, Ira R. Katz
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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.
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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.
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