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Behavioral Intervention Approaches to the Treatment and Management of Alzheimer's Disease: A Research Agenda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Barry Reisberg
Affiliation:
Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Alzheimer's Disease Education and Resources Program and the Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A. Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Extract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive condition associated with a broad variety of clinical symptoms. These symptoms can, for the most part, be conceptualized as falling within three primary categories: (I) cognitive symptoms, (II) functional symptoms, and (III) behavioral (disturbance) symptoms. All of these symptom categories may potentially respond to specific behavioral intervention approaches to treatment and management. However, at this time, few behavioral approaches have convincingly been substantiated to be effective in treating any of the symptoms in any of these categories.

Type
General Overviews
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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