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Psychosis refers to an affective condition in which a patient has lost touch with reality and has hallucinations, delusions, or both. The presence of psychosis in the initial months or year of a dementia suggests a non-Alzheimer’s dementia or aggravating factor (such as medication) in the context of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Lipton, A.M., Marshall, C.D. (2013). Psychosis. In: The Common Sense Guide to Dementia For Clinicians and Caregivers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4163-2_12
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