Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK.
Foundation Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK.
Br J Psychiatry. 2020 Jan;216(1):1-3. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.98.
Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia are associated with overlapping symptoms of anxiety and depression. More accurate discrimination between emerging neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms would better assist illness detection. The potential for protection against cognitive decline and dementia following early identification and intervention of neuropsychiatric symptoms warrants investigation.
阿尔茨海默病和血管性痴呆与焦虑和抑郁的重叠症状有关。更准确地区分新出现的神经精神和认知症状将有助于更好地发现疾病。早期识别和干预神经精神症状可能有助于预防认知能力下降和痴呆，值得进一步研究。
