Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms Impact Clinical Competence in Alzheimer’s Disease

Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms Impact Clinical Competence in Alzheimer’s Disease

Decision-making is considered a fundamental aspect of personal autonomy and can be affected in psychiatric and neurologic diseases. It has been shown that cognitive deficits in dementia impact negatively on decision-making. Moreover, studies highlighted impaired clinical competence in neuropsychiatr...

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Main Authors: Elodie Bertrand, Eelco van Duinkerken, J. Landeira-Fernandez, Marcia C. N. Dourado, Raquel L. Santos, Jerson Laks, Daniel C. Mograbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
BPSD
clinical capacity
decision making
consent to treatment
dementia
Alzheimer’s disease
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00182/full

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