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Biopsychiatry in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

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In 1906, a neuropsychiatrist by the name of Alois Alzheimer presented a paper to the Association of Southwest German Specialists in Mental Diseases on what would become a classic case. His paper, published the following year, described a disorder that would later be called Alzheimer’s disease. The following is an excerpt from the case description obtained during the patient’s psychiatric hospitalization (Alzheimer, 1907):

A woman 51 years of age exhibited ideas of jealousy against her husband as the first notable symptom. Soon a rapidly progressing loss of memory became apparent; she could no longer find her way around the home, dragged objects back and forth, hid them; at times she believed someone wanted to kill her and began to shout loudly. (p. 146)

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    Gene D. Cohen

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Cohen, G.D. (1990). Biopsychiatry in Alzheimer’s Disease. In: Lawton, M.P. (eds) Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40455-3_7

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