neuropsychiatric symptomsBackground: Neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive impairment are independent contributors of functional impairment in activities of daily living (ADL) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. ADL could be divided according to its complexity in three subdomains: basic (BADL), ...
Common symptoms of depressive disorders include anhedonia, sleep problems, and reduced physical activity. Drugs used to treat depression mostly aim to increase serotonin signaling but these can have unwanted side effects. Depression has also been treated by traditional medicine using plants like Centella...
With a focus always on the translation of theory into practice, Martha Stark, MD, has developed a comprehensive theory of therapeutic action that conceives of the “therapeutic action” as primarily involving either (1) “enhancement of knowledge” (the interpretive perspective of classical psychoanal...
Insomnia symptoms are prevalent along the trajectory of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the neurobiological underpinning of their interaction is poorly understood. Here, we assessed structural and functional brain measures within and between the default mode network (DMN), salience network, and central ...
Alzheimer\"s & DementiaKochhann R, Borba E, Cerveira M, Onyszko D, de Jesus A, Forster L, et al. Neuropsychiatric symptoms as the main determinant of caregiver burden in Alzheimer's disease. Dement Neuropsychol. 2011;5(3):203-8.
doi:info:doi/10.1590/S1980-57642011DN05030008Renata KochhannEricksen BorbaMaria Otília CerveiraDiego OnyszkoAlyne de JesusLetícia ForsterLuisa FranciscattoCláudia GodinhoAna Luiza CamozzatoMárcia Lorena F. ChavesDementia & Neuropsychologia
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