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A Comparison of Symptoms of Behavioral Disturbances in Yoruba and African American Individuals With Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Hugh C. Hendrie ,
Sujuan Gao  and
Olusegun Baiyewu
Hugh C. Hendrie
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Sujuan Gao
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Olusegun Baiyewu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Extract

Comparative cross-cultural studies represent a great opportunity for delineating risk factors for the dementias by providing a much wider diversity of both environmental exposures and genetic variation than studies within industrialized countries. Similarly, studies of the behavioral disturbances of dementia that allow for identification of similarities and differences may be useful both in understanding the etiology of these disorders and in determining the best approach to management. So far, few such comparative studies exist.

Type
Cross-Cultural and Transnational Issues
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 12 , Issue S1 , July 2000 , pp. 403 - 408
Copyright
© 2000 International Psychogeriatric Association

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