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Chapter 1. Assessment and Diagnosis of Severe Dementia

  1. Alistair Burns2,
  2. Bengt Winblad3
  1. Paul Newhouse,
  2. Joseph Lasek

Published Online: 19 SEP 2006

DOI: 10.1002/0470010568.ch1

Book Title

Severe Dementia

Severe Dementia

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How to Cite

Newhouse, P. and Lasek, J. (2006) Assessment and Diagnosis of Severe Dementia, in Severe Dementia (eds A. Burns and B. Winblad), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470010568.ch1

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Department of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Education and Research Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester M23 9Lt, UK

  2. 3

    Division of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Neurotec B 84, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-14186 Stockholm, Sweden

Author Information

  1. Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, VT 05401, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 19 SEP 2006
  2. Published Print: 21 APR 2006

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470010549

Online ISBN: 9780470010563

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Keywords:

  • differential diagnosis of dementia;
  • assessment and diagnosis of severe dementia;
  • anxiety symptoms and cortical dementias;
  • vascular dementia/mixed vascular dementia–Alzheimer's disease;
  • differential diagnosis or diagnostic formulation

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Axes of evaluation

  • Aspects of severe dementia in common dementia disorders

  • Assessment instruments – clinical assessment tools

  • Conclusion

  • References

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