"Our study suggests that identification of neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, agitation or delusions, could be crucial to distinguish MCI patients with risk of faster cognitive ...

In a recent study posted to Preprints with The Lancet*, researchers evaluated associations between neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms, dementia staging, and divorce/separation. Study: Associations ...

Apathy, combined with other non-depressive, affective symptoms were associated with an increased risk for mortality. The burden of cumulative non-depressive neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) and ...

Baseline neuropsychiatric profiles in older adults stratify future cognitive decline, neuropathology, and risk for MCI or dementia.

In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Neurology, researchers reviewed the progress thus far in pharmacologically managing the various neuropsychiatric syndromes that manifest in ...

Cognitive impairment is positively associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms in both individuals with Down syndrome and older adults without Down syndrome.

Older adults with more severe behavioral symptoms, including agitation, aggression, and disinhibition, are more likely to become divorced than those with less severe symptoms. However, increasing ...

A cross-sectional study revealed that neuroinflammation is linked to irritability, among other neuropsychiatric symptoms, in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). Neuroinflammation associated with ...

Memory loss is the most obvious symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. But for the more than 6.5 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease — and the people who support them — memory lapses are ...

POTOMAC, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IGC Pharma, Inc. (NYSE American: IGC) (“IGC” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, today announced that it is presenting 6 in-person posters ...

This article was originally published on KFF Health News. Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, ...