Behavioural and psychological symptoms in neurocognitive disorders: Specific patterns in dementia subtypes

Abstract

Behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD) form an important sub-syndrome of dementia. We assessed the frequency and severity of BPSD in a random sample of Hungarian treatment-naïve dementia patients. Furthermore, we examined the relationship between cognitive symptoms and BPSD and the pattern of BPSD in specific types of dementias.

Keywords

• alzheimer’s disease
• behaviour and psychological symptoms in dementia (bpsd)
• dementia
• neurocognitive disorder
• vascular dementia