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Emotional Lability, Intrusiveness, and Catastrophic Reactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Martin Haupt
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

Extract

Emotional lability, intrusiveness, and catastrophic reactions are some of the noncognitive psychopathologic phenomena seen in patients with Alzheimer's disease. These symptoms occur frequently throughout the disease course and strongly influence the well-being of patients with dementia and their caregivers.

Type
Clinical Perspectives: What Should We Be Studying?
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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