Conversational assessment in memory clinic encounters: interactional profiling for differentiating dementia from functional memory disorders
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Conversational assessment in memory clinic encounters: interactional profiling for differentiating dementia from functional memory disorders.
OBJECTIVES In the UK dementia is under-diagnosed, there is limited access to specialist memory clinics, and many of the patients referred to such clinics are ultimately found to have functional (non-progressive) memory disorders (FMD), rather than a neurodegenerative disorder. Government initiatives on 'timely diagnosis' aim to improve the rate and quality of diagnosis for those with dementia. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Aging & Mental Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1360-7863,1364-6915
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1021753