Improvement of Dementia
To the Editor.—I was greatly impressed by the interesting article entitled "The Impact of Dementia on the Family" by Rabins et al in JAMA (1982;248:333), which outlined the severe strain the families of senile patients undergo. It is important that physicians understand how much help they...
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| Published in: | JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 249; no. 3; p. 353 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
American Medical Association
21-01-1983
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| Summary: | To the Editor.—I was greatly impressed by the interesting article entitled "The Impact of Dementia on the Family" by Rabins et al in JAMA (1982;248:333), which outlined the severe strain the families of senile patients undergo. It is important that physicians understand how much help they can give these families as pointed out by the authors. We have found this extremely important in our treatment of senility,1 in which our main effort is toward improvement of the patient's condition; however, we have found that improving the family's condition frequently is a necessary step toward the goal of improving the patient's condition.I may take issue with their statement that some of the symptoms of dementia, eg, memory loss and communication disorders, are not reversible, because our studies, noted in the previously mentioned article and in some 15 other reports,2 have shown that with the use of anticoagulant |
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| Bibliography: | SourceType-Other Sources-1 content type line 63 ObjectType-Correspondence-1 |
| ISSN: | 0098-7484 1538-3598 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/jama.1983.03330270023020 |