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Consideration of the relationship between depression and dementia
Author(s) -
KASAHARA Hiroo,
TSUMURA Maki,
OCHIAI Yusuke,
FURUKAWA Haruko,
AOKI Kimiyoshi,
ITO Tatsuhiko,
KADA Hirohide,
HASHIDUME Toshihiko,
NAKANISHI Tatsuro
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
psychogeriatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.647
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1479-8301
pISSN - 1346-3500
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00151.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , dementia , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , disease , economics , macroeconomics
The literature was reviewed with regard to the relationship between Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) and depression. Then comparison was made of the case for depression as a precursor symptom of AD versus the case for depression as the initial symptom of AD. We also discussed such points as the coexistence of depression and AD, pseudodementia, etc. Finally, we postulated that the relationship between AD and depression shows a spectrum, and on that basis we attempted to define six clinical patterns.