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Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type pp 84–100Cite as

Early Diagnosis of Dementia: Possible Contributions of Neuropsychology

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Assessment of the very early stages of senile dementia appears to be of relevance for several reasons. First, it is important to differentiate between “normal” aging and various psychiatric and neurologic diseases, with a view toward possible intervention in the disease process through biological (drugs) and nonbiological (training, psychotherapy) methods. Treatment in an earlier stage of the disease process can be expected to be more successful in view of the less pronounced structural changes. There is some evidence in favor of this hypothesis with respect to treatment with vasopressin-like neuropeptides (e.g., Jolles 1983). Secondly, in the very early stages of senile dementia, the profile of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive deficits the patient exhibits may give some clue as to the cause of the disease or diseases and their pathogenesis.

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  1. Psychiatric University Clinic, Nicolaas Beetsstraat 24, 3511 HG, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    J. Jolles

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  1. Neurobiology Department, Troponwerke GmbH & Co. KG, Neurather Ring 1, D-5000, Köln 80, Germany

    Jörg Traber

  2. Division of Molecular Neurobiology Rudolf Magnus Institute for Pharmacology and Institute of Molecular Biology, State University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, NL-3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Willem Hendrik Gispen

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Jolles, J. (1985). Early Diagnosis of Dementia: Possible Contributions of Neuropsychology. In: Traber, J., Gispen, W.H. (eds) Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type. Advances in Applied Neurological Sciences, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70644-8_7

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