TY - JOUR T1 - Neuropsychiatric phenomena in Alzheimer's disease JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 715 LP - 715 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.71.6.715 VL - 71 IS - 6 AU - A BURNS Y1 - 2001/12/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/71/6/715.abstract N2 - The three expressions of the clinical syndrome of dementia have been well documented: cognitive deficits—amnesia, aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia; neuropsychiatric features—a heterogeneous array of psychiatric symptoms and behavioural disturbances such as depression, delusions, hallucinations, misidentifications, aggression, agitation, wandering, collectively described as neuropsychiatric features, behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD),1 or non-cognitive features2; and problems withactivities of daily living. The history of interest in the neuropsychiatry of dementia is relatively short by comparison with research into cognitive dysfunction. Psychiatric symptomatology … ER -