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The Gerontologist, Vol 34, Issue 1 103-109, Copyright © 1994 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: mental status examination versus caregiver report

B Seltzer and A Buswell
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.

To examine possible reasons for conflicting prevalence data on psychiatric features of Alzheimer's disease (AD), we compared the results of a mental status examination by a physician with a questionnaire completed by caregivers in eliciting 12 different psychiatric symptoms in AD patients. There was agreement only on categories suggesting agitation. The formal examination showed more correlations with stage and severity of dementia than did the caregiver report.


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