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Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Vascular Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Timo Erkinjuntti ,
Risto Vataja  and
Antero Leppävuori
Timo Erkinjuntti
Affiliation:
Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Risto Vataja
Affiliation:
Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Antero Leppävuori
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) have long been assumed to be an intrinsic clinical feature of vascular dementia. This assumption is based on case histories and selected series of patients with probable vascular dementia, especially those with small vessel disease, and has been further fueled by the inclusion of features of BPSD in clinical diagnostic algorithms (Cummings, 1994; Hachinski et al., 1975; Wallin et al., 1996). However, controlled empiric research on BPSD in vascular dementia is lacking. The existing literature does not fully support the assumption that BPSD are integral to vascular dementia.

Type
Diagnosis/Assessment
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 12 , Issue S1 , July 2000 , pp. 195 - 200
Copyright
© 2000 International Psychogeriatric Association

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