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Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia: Community-Based Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Stefanie R. Auer ,
Isabel M. Monteiro  and
Barry Reisberg
Stefanie R. Auer
Affiliation:
Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Isabel M. Monteiro
Affiliation:
Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Barry Reisberg
Affiliation:
Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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Extract

Behavioral symptoms of dementia are stressful not only for patients but also for their caregivers. These symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, activity disturbances, aggressiveness, sleep disturbances, affective disturbances, and anxieties and phobias. Despite the burden of coping with behavioral problems, little information is available about effective treatments for behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease and related dementing disorders.

Type
Criterion Validity: Do the Symptoms Respond to Treatment—Pharmacologic or Nonpharmacologic?
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 8 , Issue S3 , May 1997 , pp. 363 - 366
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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