Psychiatric Complications of Alzheimer’s Disease Overlapping with Parkinsonism: Depression, Apathy, Catatonia, and Psychosis

Autor: Sergio E. Starkstein, Jaime Pahissa
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Movement Disorders in Dementias ISBN: 9781447163640
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-6365-7_5
Popis: Depression is a frequent comorbid condition in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and is associated with the presence of parkinsonism. Apathy in AD was reported to predict more severe parkinsonism, suggesting that apathy may be an early manifestation of a more aggressive AD phenotype characterized by loss of motivation, increasing parkinsonism, a faster cognitive and functional decline, and more severe depression.
Databáze: OpenAIRE