## Abstract Behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD) are very common, with 90% of patients experiencing at least one during the course of the disease. Oneβthird of persons with dementia have depressive symptoms, and concomitant BPSD are very likely. ## Objective This study aimed t
Are there specific neuropsychiatric symptoms of depression in dementia patients?
β Scribed by Annie Prado-Jean; Philippe Couratier; Philippe Thomas; Philippe Nubukpo; Laurence Bernard-Bourzeix; Nicole Dechamps; Thierry Dantoine; Jean Pierre Clement
- Book ID
- 118464958
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-5260
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