Discrepancies in Patient and Caregiver Ratings of Personality Change in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

CONCLUSIONS: Informant ratings of personality traits in ADRD can be confounded by the caregiver burden, highlighting the need for more objective measures of personality and behavior in dementia samples. Discrepancies between informant and patient ratings of personality may additionally reflect loss of insight secondary to cortical atrophy in the frontal and temporal structures.PMID:37867324 | DOI:10.1093/arclin/acad079

Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - October 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emma Rhodes Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton Jeffrey S Phillips Alejandra Bahena Nykko Vitali Quinn Hlava Philip Cook James Gee Murray Grossman Corey McMillan Lauren Massimo Source Type: research