The early onset dementias: A study of clinical characteristics andservice use
J. Ferran
Bok Engelsk 1996
| Utgitt | 1996
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| Omfang | Side 863- 869
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| Opplysninger | The clinical characteristics and the level of service use werestudied in a cohort of 200 patients referred for the investigation ofpresenile dementia, having had the onset of symptoms before the ageof 65. The most common diagnoses given were Alzheimer's disease,vascular dementia and depressive pseudodementia. The level ofpsychiatric morbidity was high, depression insomnia, anxiety andaggression being the most common symptoms. As regards rate of serviceuse, 22% of the Liverpool patients were in residential care after 1year of follow-up, in contrast to 8% initially. We conclude thatthere is a need for specialized multidisciplinary services for thisgroup of patients, both diagnostic and supportive.
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