Neuropsychiatric symptoms and comorbidity: Associations with dementia progression rate in a memory clinic cohort.

Trine Holt EdwinBjørn Heine StrandKarin PerssonKnut EngedalGeir SelbaekAnne-Brita Knapskog

Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2021)

Psychosis and affective symptom clusters at the time of diagnosis were associated with rapid progression of dementia. Previous diagnoses of mental and behavioural disorders (excluding dementia) were associated with slow progression.

Keyphrases

mild cognitive impairment
cognitive impairment
primary care
bipolar disorder
working memory