Disease awareness may increase risk of suicide in young onset dementia: A case report

ABSTRACT Studies report that people with young onset Alzheimer's disease (YOAD) have higher levels of disease awareness compared to those with late onset AD. We report a case of a man with YOAD who had preserved awareness of disease, depression and risk of suicide associated with the developmen...

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Published in:	Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Main Authors:	Maria Alice Tourinho Baptista, Raquel Luiza Santos, Nathália Kimura, Isabel Barbeito Lacerda, Marcia Cristina Nascimento Dourado
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Subjects:	young onset dementia Alzheimer disease awareness depression suicide
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642017000300308&lng=en&tlng=en