Prevalence and Correlates of Aggressive Behaviours Occurring in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

Relação entre homicídio e transtornos mentais

“…The frequency of violent behavior in individuals with brain damage ranges from 18% in demented patients 40 to 60% in those with damage to the frontal lobe.…”

Prevalence and pharmacological management of behavioural and psychological symptoms amongst dementia sufferers living in care environments

“…In clinical samples, depression is associated with milder cognitive impairment (Rei¯er et al, 1989;Teri et al, 1997), whereas delusions are more common in people with dementia of moderate severity (Ballard et al, 1991;Jeste et al, 1992) and both visual hallucinations (Flynn et al, 1991) and aggression (Burns et al, 1990;Eastley and Wilcock, 1998) are associated with more severe cognitive impairment. Whether this pattern of associations is also evident amongst dementia patients in care facilities is unknown, but has important implications for the care needs of the residents and the skills required by the care sta.…”

Neuropsychiatric aspects of alzheimer’s disease

“…Consistent associations have been reported between aggression and both greater severity of cognitive impairment [22,39,40] and male gender [39,41]. Few studies have examined biologic correlates of aggression.…”

“…All studies agree that aggression is common in dementia sufferers, with estimates of frequency ranging from 10% [38] to 40% to 50% [37,39]. In total, more than 850 patients with an operationalized clinical diagnosis of AD have received a standardized assessment of aggression, with a mean frequency of 36% [22,39,40]. Verbal aggression is two to three times more common than physical aggression.…”