Citation

Chemerinski E, Petracca G, Tesón A, Sabe L, Leiguarda R, Starkstein SE. J. Neuropsychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 1998; 10(4): 421-425.

Affiliation

Department of Neuropsychiatry, Raúl Carrea Institute of Neurological Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina. eran@fleni.org.ar

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American Neuropsychiatric Association, Publisher American Psychiatric Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9813787

Abstract

The authors assessed a consecutive series of 196 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) for the presence of aggressive behavior, using a standardized neurological, neuropsychiatric, and neuropsychological battery that included both the Overt Aggression Scale and the Irritability Scale. Twelve percent of patients showed aggressive episodes (5% with verbal aggression, 7% with physical aggression) during the 4 weeks preceding the psychiatric evaluation. Physical aggression was significantly associated with more frequent delusions and more severe irritability.

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