Psychiatric disorders that can simulate dementia.

From: Nutrition Health Review | Date: January 1, 1990 | Copyright information

Psychiatric Disorders That Can Simulate Dementia

Depression and Anxiety

Depression is a common illness in the elderly. It may exist together with Alzheimer's disease, but more often it provokes symptoms that can be misleading in diagnosis.

Depression is marked by traits that include low self-esteem, anxiety, agitation, social withdrawal, feelings of guilt, insomnia, loss of appetite, weight loss, reduction of energy, fatigue, pessimism, and crying...

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