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The early onset dementias — a study of clinical characteristics and service use
Author(s)	Jose Ferran, Ken Wilson, Mark Doran, Eric Ghadiali
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 11, no 10, October 1996
Pages	pp 863-869
Keywords	Dementia ; Symptoms ; Hospital services ; Clinical surveys ; Liverpool.
Annotation	The clinical characteristics and the levels of service use were studied in of 200 patients in the Liverpool area referred for the investigation of pre-senile dementia, with onset of symptoms before age 65. The most common diagnoses were Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and depressive pseudodementia. The level of psychiatric morbidity was high, depression insomnia, anxiety and aggression being the most common symptoms. As regards rate of service use, 22% of the patients were in residential care after 1 year of follow-up, in contrast to 8% initially. The authors conclude that there is a need for specialized multidisciplinary services for this group of patients, both diagnostic and supportive.
Accession Number	CPA-970421006 A
Classmark	EA: CT: LD: 3G: 84B
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