A Comparison of Family History of Psychiatric Disorders Among Patients With Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Devi, Gayatri; Williamson, Jennifer; Massoud, Fadi; Anderson, Karen; Stern, Yaakov; Devanand, D. P.; Mayeux, Richard

doi:10.1176/jnp.16.1.57

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“…Several studies have noted differences in clinical characteristics between EOAD and LOAD patients, particularly in symptoms and disease course. Devi et al (2004) found preliminary evidence of a higher prevalence of a history of psychiatric symptoms among relatives of EOAD patients when compared to LOAD patients. Some earlier studies (Martin et al, 1988;Lawlor et al, 1989;Li et al, 1992;van Ojen et al, 1995;Fahim et al, 1998) have shown increased occurrence of depression and other psychiatric disorders among the relatives of patients with AD.…”

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“…As cognitive and psychiatric features are important components of AD, there is a definite need to explore the presence of psychiatric symptoms and disorders in families of patients with AD. Significant differences have been reported in the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms between EOAD and LOAD families which may imply differential misclassification of a primary dementing disorder as a primary non-dementing psychiatric disorder (Devi et al, 2004). Conversely, these differences may implicate shared genetic influences amongst subtypes of psychiatric symptoms and subtypes of AD.…”

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Is there a familial overlap between dementia and other psychiatric disorders?

Narayanaswamy

Varghese

Jain

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Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Is there a familial overlap between dementia and other psychiatric disorders?

Narayanaswamy

Varghese

Jain

et al. 2010

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a brain disorder that affects cognitive functions such as memory, intellect, and rationality (Devi et al, 2004;Kaiser & Panegyres, 2007) in about 6% of the population over 65 years of age (Ferri et al, 2006). Disinhibition and challenging social behaviors caused by AD influence both persons with AD and their family members (Chang et al, 2010).…”

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Stigma among Iranian family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease: A hermeneutic study

Navab

Negarandeh

Peyrovi

et al. 2012

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Although there is evidence of stigmatization of patients with Alzheimer's disease, few studies have evaluated stigma among family caregivers. This study was aimed at understanding the experiences of family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease within Iran. We conducted a qualitative study using hermeneutic phenomenology. Semistructured in‐depth interviews with 10 Iranian family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's were audiotaped and transcribed. The transcriptions were then analyzed using Van Manen's method. Family stigma emerged as one of the most important themes in this study. It consisted of two subthemes of “feeling of shame due to the unusual behaviors and speech of the patients” and “fear of judgments made by others.” An understanding of the experience of family stigma may lead to the development of supportive strategies to manage this problem among the caregivers. Educating families of patients about the disease plays a critical role in facilitating the process of caregiving. In addition, promoting public awareness about Alzheimer's disease can diminish stigma and prejudice toward patients and their caregivers. Educating caregivers on stigma management may also be an important factor in alleviating their stress.

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“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multispectral brain disorder that includes psychiatric, movement, and cognitive abnormalities [1]. The latest epidemiological studies have projected that the global prevalence of AD will increase from 27 million worldwide in 2006 to 135 million in 2050 [2].…”

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Stigma and Alzheimer’s disease

Lüleci¹,

Hıdıroğlu²

2021

Marmara Medical Journal

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a brain ailment that contains psychiatric and cognitive abnormalities. Stigma is the use of unwanted labels to categorize a person with a disability or illness. Stigma about AD exists. Three types of stigma affect persons with AD dementia; public stigma, self-stigma and spillover stigma. Stigma is often a major cause of distress to family members and care partners. Both persons with AD and their family members are influenced by disinhibition and challenging social behaviours caused by AD. Younger age, higher education, and familiarity with a person with AD were linked to lower levels of stigmatizing approaches. The National Alzheimer's Association Early Stage Advisory Group in US provided advice to persons with dementia to help them in overcoming the stigma of dementia: be part of the solution, stay open and direct, talk the truths, seek support and join in, do not lose hope. Public awareness and understanding of the disease is important for preventing people from stigmatizing AD. Education and public policy might be able to lessen that stigma by creating more understanding.

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A Comparison of Family History of Psychiatric Disorders Among Patients With Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Cited by 21 publications

References 34 publications

Is there a familial overlap between dementia and other psychiatric disorders?

Is there a familial overlap between dementia and other psychiatric disorders?

Stigma among Iranian family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease: A hermeneutic study

Stigma and Alzheimer’s disease

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