Diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer disease and related disorders: consensus statement of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, the Alzheimer's …

GW Small, PV Rabins, PP Barry, NS Buckholtz… - Jama, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
Objective.—A consensus conference on the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer disease
(AD) and related disorders was organized by the American Association for Geriatric
Psychiatry, the Alzheimer's Association, and the American Geriatrics Society on January 4
and 5, 1997. The target audience was primary care physicians, and the following questions
were addressed:(1) How prevalent is AD and what are its risk factors? What is its impact on
society?(2) What are the different forms of dementia and how can they be recognized?(3) …