The epidemiology of psychosis in dementia

Iracema Leroi; Argyro Voulgari; John C S Breitner; Constantine G. Lyketsos

doi:10.1097/00019442-200301000-00011

The epidemiology of psychosis in dementia

Iracema Leroi, Argyro Voulgari, John C S Breitner, Constantine G. Lyketsos

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Objective: Authors compared delusions, hallucinations, and misidentification delusions in Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) patients. Methods: The authors report data on the prevalence, severity, clinical, and demographic associations of these symptoms in a population sample of 260 persons with dementia, examined with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Results: The primary finding was that there was no difference in psychosis as a whole, or in delusions and hallucinations, between AD and VaD. Also, in AD, female gender appeared to be a risk factor for delusions; subjects in an earlier stage of dementia showed fewer delusions. Conclusion: The profile of delusions and hallucinations seen is different from that seen in schizophrenia, further supporting the hypothesis that AD-associated psychosis is a distinct phenomenological syndrome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-91
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00019442-200301000-00011
Publication status	Published - 2003

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