Behavioral Disorders in Alzheimer Disease: A Transcultural Perspective

Behavioral disorders in Alzheimer disease: a transcultural perspective.

OBJECTIVES To compare 2 samples of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), from Italy and the United States, in order to determine transcultural differences in the manifestation of noncognitive symptoms. To analyze the concurrent validity, internal consistency reliability, between-rater reliability, and test-retest reliability of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Scale (NPI). METHODS The NPI was g...

Treatment of Mood and Behavioral Disorders in Alzheimer ' s Disease

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni, Cilt: 9, Say›: 3 , 1999 / Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Vol: 9, No.: 3 , 1999 B ehavioral disorders in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are very frequent, since 80% of demented patients have been reported to present with at least one clinical sign related to a behavioral disorder (1-17). The spectrum of behavioral changes includes mental deficiency, abrupt ch...

Basic income – A transcultural perspective

[Neuropsychiatric and behavioral symptomatology in Alzheimer disease].

Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) show high incidence of behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPS).The occurrence of BPS has a great impact on the patients and caregiver's quality of life, increases caregiver's burden, and in many cases precipitates admission of the patients to a geriatric center. On the other hand, the importance of the BPS is increasing because most of them are suscept...

Alzheimer Disease: Treatment of Noncognitive Behavioral Abnormalities