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Overview of the Diagnostic Instruments for Dementia in People with Intellectual Disability

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According to the ICD-10 diagnostic guidelines [1], dementia is a disease of the brain, usually of a chronic or progressive nature, in which there is disturbance of multiple higher cortical functions, including memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgment. Consciousness is not clouded. Impairments of cognitive function in dementia are commonly accompanied, and occasionally preceded, by deterioration in emotional control, social behaviour, or motivation. Dementia is a clinical diagnosis that requires evidence of cognitive decline sufficient to impair function in daily life over a period of at least 6 months [2].

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  1. Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry for people with Learning Disability, St George’s Park, Morpeth, Northumberland, UK

    Maria Lusia Margallo-Lana MB, BSc, MRCPsych, PhD

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Wolfson Research Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

    Stephen P. Tyrer MB, BChir, DPM, LMCC, FRCPsych

  3. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tranwell Unit, Windy Nook road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK

    Peter B. Moore MB, BS, BSc, PhD, FRCPsych

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Margallo-Lana, M.L., Tyrer, S.P., Moore, P.B. (2018). Overview of the Diagnostic Instruments for Dementia in People with Intellectual Disability. In: Prasher, V. (eds) Neuropsychological Assessments of Dementia in Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61720-6_1

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