Prevalence rates Delirium Dementia Community prevalence 0.5–2 % [2] 9.8 % [3] Hospital prevalence (non-UTI) 14–56 % [4, 5] 42.4 % [6] Abbreviation: UTI urinary tract infection Though delirium and…
Fig. 6.1 (a) Electroencephalography showing a diffuse and symmetric slow baseline activity with predominant theta activity and frequent multifocal periodic discharges, predominantly triphasic and abrupt, fluctuating between 0.3 and 2…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Ana Verdelho and Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira (eds.)Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Cognitive Impairment and DementiaNeuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurological Disease10.1007/978-3-319-39138-0_2 2. The Difficult Distinction Between Affective Disorders and Mild Cognitive Deterioration Inez H. G. B. Ramakers1, 2 and…
Inclusion: criteria 1–3 must be present 1. Most prominent clinical feature is difficulty with language 2. Language deficits are the principal cause of impaired daily living activities 3. Aphasia should…
Fig. 16.1 “Widening the lens”: from the dyad to the family system. “Widening the lens” is an expression borrowed from Qualls (2014) [57]. (Figure courtesy of Francisco Pereira) Practical Approaches:…
Fig. 14.1 Examples of the application of cognitive and psychological interventions over decline It is also important to involve caregivers in the treatment, as they are part of the therapeutic…
Fig. 13.1 Axial magnetic resonance brain imaging. (a) Frontal atrophy. (b) Polar temporal atrophy Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers do not make yet a great contribution to the diagnosis of…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Ana Verdelho and Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira (eds.)Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Cognitive Impairment and DementiaNeuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurological Disease10.1007/978-3-319-39138-0_12 12. Insomnia in Dementia: A Practical Approach Ana Verdelho1 and Carla Bentes2 (1) Department of Neurosciences…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Ana Verdelho and Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira (eds.)Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Cognitive Impairment and DementiaNeuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurological Disease10.1007/978-3-319-39138-0_11 11. Inappropriate Sexual Behaviors in Dementia Ana Verdelho1 and Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira2 (1) Department of Neurosciences and…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Ana Verdelho and Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira (eds.)Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Cognitive Impairment and DementiaNeuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurological Disease10.1007/978-3-319-39138-0_10 10. Psychosis in Dementia Geir Selbæk1, 2, 3 (1) Norwegian National Advisory Unit for Ageing…
