Lyketsos, Constantine G., Breitner, John C. S., and Rabins, Peter V.
Subjects
*NEUROBEHAVIORAL disorders, *ALZHEIMER'S disease, *DEMENTIA, *MEDICAL research
Abstract
Discusses information on a proposal for the classification of neuropsychiatric disturbance in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Method of empirical categorization of disturbances; Comparison of the frequency of individual neuropsychiatric symptoms with or without dementia based on the Cache County study of memory and aging in Utah; List of the proposed diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease-associated neuropsychiatric disturbance; Relevance of the proposed criteria to clinical research and practice.