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Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
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Behavioral Disturbances in Geropsychiatric Inpatients Across Dementia Types

Mark E. Kunik, MD

Jeff C. Huffman, MD

Nipa Bharani, MD

Stephany L. Hillman, PhD

Victor A. Molinari, PhD

Claudia A. Orengo, MD, PhD

The objective of this study was to compare differences in behavioral, psychiatric, and cognitive status among geropsychiatric inpatients with Alzheimer's, vascular, alcohol-induced, and mixed dementia. Participants included 150 patients with dementia consecutively admitted to an acute geropsychiatric inpatient unit. Measures included the Mini-Mental State Examination, Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, Basic and Independent Activities of Daily Living, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia, and the Initiation/Perseveration subscale of the Dementia Rating Scale. No significant differences existed in the character or severity of agitation among patients with Alzheimer's, vascular, alcohol-related and mixed dementia. Interestingly, patients with vascular dementia compared to patients with other dementias admitted for behavioral disturbances were less cognitively impaired and more medically burdened. (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2000; 13:49-52).

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 13, No. 1, 49-52 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/089198870001300108
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