TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Complicating the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease: A Case Report
AU - Eikelboom, Willem S.
AU - van Rooij, Jeroen G. J.
AU - van den Berg, Esther
AU - Coesmans, Michiel
AU - Jiskoot, Lize C.
AU - Singleton, Ellen
AU - Ossenkoppele, Rik
AU - van Swieten, John C.
AU - Seelaar, Harro
AU - Papma, Janne M.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are increasingly recognized as a core element of Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, clinicians still consider AD primarily as a cognitive disorder. We describe a case in which the underrecognition of NPS as part of AD resulted in substantial delay of an AD diagnosis, a wrong psychiatric diagnosis, and the organization of inappropriate care. The aim of this paper is to acknowledge NPS as an (early) manifestation of AD and to suggest features that may point toward underlying AD in older adults with late-life behavioral changes.
AB - Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are increasingly recognized as a core element of Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, clinicians still consider AD primarily as a cognitive disorder. We describe a case in which the underrecognition of NPS as part of AD resulted in substantial delay of an AD diagnosis, a wrong psychiatric diagnosis, and the organization of inappropriate care. The aim of this paper is to acknowledge NPS as an (early) manifestation of AD and to suggest features that may point toward underlying AD in older adults with late-life behavioral changes.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30412494
U2 - https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180700
DO - https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180700
M3 - Article
C2 - 30412494
SN - 1387-2877
VL - 66
SP - 1363
EP - 1369
JO - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
JF - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
IS - 4
ER -