Agitation and apathy increase risk of dementia in psychiatric inpatients with late-onset psychiatric symptoms
Abstract Background A diagnosis of dementia in middle-aged and elder people is often complicated by physical frailty and comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs). Previous studies have identified NPSs as a risk factor for dementia. The aim of this study was to figure out to what extent individual N...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03210-5 |