Abstract
The actual criteria for diagnosis of dementia have many shortages, due to the fact
that both DSM 4 and ICD 10 criteria are essentially based on the typical evolution
of Alzheimer's disease, which is the most frequent, but not the only one cause of
dementia in the general population. In the new project of DSM-5, proposed for public
debate by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), new criteria for neurocognitive
disorders are defined which seem more suitable to cover in a much more appropriate
way all the entities potentially leading to dementia. In our view, these new criteria
are also in line with the updated knowledge about these diseases as they are reflected
in the recent publications and recommendations of international experts and medical
associations.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 20, 2012
Accepted:
July 30,
2012
Received in revised form:
July 30,
2012
Received:
January 24,
2012
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© 2012 Elsevier B.V. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
