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dc.contributor.authorPadoani, W
dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, D
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:29:27Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:29:27Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.date.modified2010-09-08T04:55:43Z
dc.identifier.issn0885-6230
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200001)15:1<70::AID-GPS79>3.0.CO;2-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3053
dc.description.abstractThe appearance of regressive behaviours in the elderly is relatively common. Among these regressive attitudes, there is a relatively high frequency of situations which mimic dementia in the absence of demonstrable organic alterations that justify the presence of a neurodegenerative profile. These generally stem from a primary psychiatric disorder and are referred to as 'pseudodementia'. All these conditions, which are generally accompanied by a marked increase in dependency on the environment, are distinguished by the presence of cognitive impairment and behavioural traits typical of dementia but which are fully reversible on treatment of the primary psychiatric disorder. Here we describe three cases, characterized by their striking discrepancy between clinical profile, with pronounced behavioural alterations similar to dementia-related conduct disorders, culminating in almost complete dependency on the environment, and almost stably intact cognitive performance (assessed through the MMSE), over a mean observation period of approximately five years
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley Europe
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom70
dc.relation.ispartofpageto74
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleSevere and Persistent Regressive Behaviour in Three Elderly Subjects without Cognitive Decline
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, Australian Institute for Suicide Research & Prevention
gro.date.issued2000
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDe Leo, Diego


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