UMMS Affiliation
Department of Neurology
Date
5-1-1997
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Aged; Alzheimer Disease; Caregivers; *Cooperative Behavior; Dementia; Geriatric Assessment; Humans; *Personality Assessment; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Social Behavior Disorders
Disciplines
Neurology | Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Abstract
Although Alzheimer's original description of the dementing disorder that bears his name emphasized the prominence of troublesome and disruptive behaviors, a systematic investigation of behavioral disturbances of dementia did not begin in earnest until the 1980s. At that time, as the neuropathologic identity of presenile Alzheimer's disease and late-onset “senile dementia” was recognized, the redefinition of Alzheimer's disease abruptly increased the number of patients diagnosed with this condition. Physicians and other medical personnel working with Alzheimer's disease patients recognized both the importance of abnormal behaviors in this now large patient population and the need to describe, classify, and quantify these behaviors.
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Citation: International Psychogeriatrics (1997), 8 Suppl 3:321-324 Cambridge University Press. Copyright ©1996 International Psychogeriatric Association. Link to article on publisher's website
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PubMed ID
9154582