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Dementia: At the interface of
medicine and psychiatry
Dementias are complex medical syndromes with
characteristic underlying pathophysiological mechanisms,
but are somewhat unpredictable with regards to their
psychiatric and behavioral manifestations.
However, 40-90% of patients will develop such symptoms
at some point during their journey with these illnesses and
these symptoms have enormous impact on patient quality
of life, caregivers and the settings in which these patients
reside.
This contributes to variability in the settings and treating
specialists involved in the care of these patients.