Behavioral and Psychiatric Manifestations in Dementia Patients in a Community: Caregiver Burden and Outcome

Post‐traumatic stress disorder and prediction of aggression in persons with dementia

“…Recent data address the role of caregiver burden, pain, social stimulation, and quality of caregiver-patient relationship (Parmelee, 1983;Nagaratnum et al, 1998;Volicer et al, 1999;Weiner et al, 1999;Chen et al, 2000;Matsumoto et al, 2007). Combat exposure has also been implicated as a causative marker for aggression (Taft et al, 2007a).…”

Involvement of hippocampal excitability in amyloid β-induced behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

“…BPSD is a serious problem for caregivers, and because its severity and the care burden show a positive correlation, therapy for BPSD is considered to be as important as therapy for the core symptoms (Nagaratnam et al, 1998;Tanji et al, 2005). Among BPSD, agitation and aggression occur in over 60% of patients with dementia (Mirakhur et al, 2004) and are frequently the primary cause of hospitalization or institutionalization (Steele et al, 1990).…”

The comparison of burden between caregiving spouses of depressive and demented patients

“…Psychological symptoms of caregiving relatives are interrelated to the severity of dementia but not its type or duration (Brodaty and Luscombe, 1998). Some behavioural problems associated with dementia, such as agitation and aggression, were found to be commonly related to the psychological problems of the caregivers (Victoroff et al, 1998;Nagaratnam et al, 1998), whereas other problems, e.g. hallucinations or depression, may or may not have as heavy an in¯u-ence (Donaldson et al, 1998;Victoroff et al, 1998).…”