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Symptoms of depression are associated with both Multi-Infarct dementia (MID) and Dementia of Alzheimer’s type (DAT). We investigated anxiety and depressed mood in 37 MID-patients and 55 DAT-patients of various stages of dementia. Diagnosis was carried out using the commonly accepted criteria of the DSM-III-R and the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria for “probable DAT”, respectively. Severity of dementia was rated by the help of the Mini-Mental State examination.
We found comparable rates of depression in mild-to-moderate MID and DAT, respectively. Severely demented DAT-patients were far less anxious and depressed than equally demented MID-patients. Progression of dementia reduced depression in DAT but favoured depressive symptoms in MID.
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Danielczyk, W., Fischer, P., Simanyi, M., Gatterer, G., Marterer, A. (1990). Symptoms of depression in the course of multi-infarct dementia and dementia of Alzheimer’s type. In: Maurer, K., Riederer, P., Beckmann, H. (eds) Alzheimer’s Disease. Epidemiology, Neuropathology, Neurochemistry, and Clinics. Key Topics in Brain Research. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3396-5_43
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