[Dementia--distribution and diagnostic criteria].

Magdalena Torbus, Marek Ksol, Bogdan Mazur

Oddział Psychiatryczny dla Chorych Somatycznie, SP ZOZ Państwowy Szpital Dla Psychicznie i Nerwowo Chorych Rybniku.

Journal Article: Wiadomości lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland: 1960) 01/2011; 64(1):43-8.

Abstract

The ageing of the population makes the health problems of elderly people a major issue in the work of various specialists. More and more people show cognitive functions disorders from minor to considerable ones. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease. The diagnostic criteria of dementia in the course of Alzheimer's disease or the criteria of vascular dementia are described in this article. Although we mention the scales focused on cognitive functions disorders.

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Keywords

Alzheimer's disease
 
cognitive functions disorders
 
common cause
 
dementia
 
diagnostic criteria
 
elderly people
 
minor
 
various specialists
 
vascular dementia