TY - JOUR
T1 - Criteria for diagnosing reversible dementia caused by depression
T2 - Validation by 2-year follow-up
AU - Rabins, P. V.
AU - Merchant, A.
AU - Nestadt, G.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Eighteen patients fulfilling DSM-III criteria for both major depression and dementia were matched by age and sex to patients with a diagnosis of irreversible dementia and patients with a diagnosis of major depression. A past history of depression, self reports of depressed mood, self blaming, hopeless and somatic delusions, an appetite disturbance and subacute onset identified the patients suffering from dementia caused by depression. Two year follow-up confirmed the initial diagnosis and demonstrated that coexisting cognitive impairment and major depression are not usually precursory to a progressive dementing illness.
AB - Eighteen patients fulfilling DSM-III criteria for both major depression and dementia were matched by age and sex to patients with a diagnosis of irreversible dementia and patients with a diagnosis of major depression. A past history of depression, self reports of depressed mood, self blaming, hopeless and somatic delusions, an appetite disturbance and subacute onset identified the patients suffering from dementia caused by depression. Two year follow-up confirmed the initial diagnosis and demonstrated that coexisting cognitive impairment and major depression are not usually precursory to a progressive dementing illness.
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U2 - 10.1192/bjp.144.5.488
DO - 10.1192/bjp.144.5.488
M3 - Article
C2 - 6733372
AN - SCOPUS:0021356815
SN - 0007-1250
VL - 144
SP - 488
EP - 492
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -