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Measuring behavior, mood, and psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease
L Teri1, R Logsdon, J Yesavage
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA.
Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
Behavioral disturbances, psychiatric symptoms, and mood disorders are prevalent, persistent, and debilitating aspects of the clinical course of Alzheimer disease. The authors discuss the phenomenology of these problems, their importance in understanding disease course and planning treatment, and the current state-of-the-art methods for assessment. Issues to consider in assessment of these problems also are discussed.