Premium
Language impairment and aggression in Alzheimer's disease
Author(s) -
Welsh Steven W.,
Corrigan Frank M.,
Scott Marian
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199603)11:3<257::aid-gps330>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , association (psychology) , disease , cognitive impairment , alzheimer's disease , cognition , population , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , clinical psychology , poison control , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , medical emergency , pathology , psychotherapist , environmental health
The opportunity, in a drug study of Alzheimer's disease, is taken to explore the association of aggression and cognitive impairment. This is an important association to explore in its own right. However, in view of the increasing age of the population and the particular problems aggression poses for carers, any association of aggression with cognitive impairment assumes particular importance. A marked association of language impairment with aggression is demonstrated (Spearman R = − 0.735, p = 0.0005, N = 18).