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Alcohol related dementia: proposed clinical criteria
Author(s) -
Oslin David,
Atkinson Roland M.,
Smith David M.,
Hendrie Hugh
Publication year - 1998
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(199804)13:4<203::aid-gps734>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - dementia , vascular dementia , disease , alcohol consumption , alzheimer's disease , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , degenerative disease , alcohol , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry
Current diagnostic criteria for Alcohol Related Dementia (ARD) are based almost exclusively on clinical judgment. Moreover, there are no guidelines available to assist the clinician or the researcher in distinguishing Alcohol Related Dementia from other causes of dementia such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD). However, this distinction may have implications for the prognosis and treatment of patients. In this article, provisional diagnostic criteria for establishing a diagnosis of Alcohol Related Dementia are proposed for further study. The criteria are based on the available literature on the relationship between alcohol consumption and dementia and were modeled after existing diagnostic criteria for AD and Vascular Dementia. Validity of these criteria for distinguishing AD from ARD will require further study. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.