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A positive history of memory loss and disorientation are suggestive of dementia. The most common symptoms of dementia include [[memory loss]], [[disorientation]], nominal [[dysphasia]], getting lost, misplacing items, [[apathy]], personality change, mood changes, constructional [[dyspraxia]] and poor abstract thinking. | A positive history of memory loss and disorientation are suggestive of dementia. The most common symptoms of dementia include [[memory loss]], [[disorientation]], nominal [[dysphasia]], getting lost, misplacing items, [[apathy]], personality change, mood changes, constructional [[dyspraxia]] and poor abstract thinking. | ||
The Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) is a validated and reliable instrument describing the clinical progression of dementia<ref name="pmid7114305">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reisberg B, Ferris SH, de Leon MJ, Crook T |title=The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia |journal=Am J Psychiatry |volume=139 |issue=9 |pages=1136–9 |date=September 1982 |pmid=7114305 |doi=10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136 |url=}}</ref> | The Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) is a validated and reliable instrument describing the clinical progression of dementia<ref name="pmid7114305">{{cite journal |vauthors=Reisberg B, Ferris SH, de Leon MJ, Crook T |title=The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia |journal=Am J Psychiatry |volume=139 |issue=9 |pages=1136–9 |date=September 1982 |pmid=7114305 |doi=10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Overview
History and Symptoms
A positive history of memory loss and disorientation are suggestive of dementia. The most common symptoms of dementia include memory loss, disorientation, nominal dysphasia, getting lost, misplacing items, apathy, personality change, mood changes, constructional dyspraxia and poor abstract thinking.
The Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) is a validated and reliable instrument describing the clinical progression of dementia[1]
References
- ↑ Reisberg B, Ferris SH, de Leon MJ, Crook T (September 1982). "The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia". Am J Psychiatry. 139 (9): 1136–9. doi:10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136. PMID 7114305.