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| Negative symptoms in the elderly patient with dementia | | Author(s) | William E Reichman, Arnoldo Negron |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no S1, December 2001 |
| Pages | pp S7-S11 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Symptoms ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Negative symptoms are a well-documented, intensively studied feature of schizophrenia. In recent years, however, increasing attention has been directed to the prominence of these symptoms in older patients suffering from dementia. Behavioural alterations such as avolition, apathy, social withdrawal and emotional disengagement appear to be commonly found in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD). A consistent research finding is that negative symptoms in dementia cannot be solely accounted for by depression, they represent a separate symptomatic cluster. Ongoing research is attempting to clarify whether individual symptoms significantly contribute to the functional burden of dementia, which has been solely attributed to cognitive deterioration. As dementia continues to be a major public health concern, the phenomenology of negative symptoms in older people and the treatment of these symptoms are likely to remain areas of active investigation. This article summarises relevant research. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020118207 A |
| Classmark | EA: CT: 64A |
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