Dementia: Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms - Ballard, Clive (Reader in Old Age Psychiatry, Reader in Old Age Psychiatry, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne) a O'Brien, John (Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle

Dementia is a syndrome characterized by cognitive and non-cognitive symptoms. This book focuses on the clinically distinct categories of non-cognitive symptoms such as mood disorders and sexual disinhibition. The contents provides a review of the nature, assessment and management of behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia.