Psychotic symptoms and the longitudinal course of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type

Wayne C. Drevets; Eugene H. Rubin

doi:10.1016/0006-3223(89)90145-5

Psychotic symptoms and the longitudinal course of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type

Wayne C. Drevets, Eugene H. Rubin

Psychiatry

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Abstract

Delusions, misidentifications and hallucinations occur frequently throughout the course of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT). Rates of psychosis among subjects with moderate to severe SDAT range from 42% to 84% in our study group; at least half of persons with SDAT with no prior psychiatric history will display psychosis at some point during the course of dementia. Furthermore, psychotic symptoms are associated with accelerated cognitive deterioration, but not with increased mortality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-48
Number of pages	10
Journal	Biological Psychiatry
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(89)90145-5
State	Published - Jan 1 1989

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Drevets, W. C., & Rubin, E. H. (1989). Psychotic symptoms and the longitudinal course of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Biological Psychiatry, 25(1), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-3223(89)90145-5

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