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EAN 2017 | The management of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia

Pasquale Calabrese, PhD from the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland discusses the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia at the 2017 Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Prof. Calabrese explains that it is important to inform doctors and caregivers about neuropsychiatric symptoms; symptoms can include, for example, depression, aggression, and psychosis. He further explains the importance of establishing medical preconditions and gives other possible causes of behavioral disturbances.