Pharmacological Treatment of Depression in Alzheimer's Disease: A Challenging Task

• Main Authors: Tommaso Cassano (Author), Silvio Calcagnini (Author), Antonio Carbone (Author), Vidyasagar Naik Bukke (Author), Stanislaw Orkisz (Author), Rosanna Villani (Author), Adele Romano (Author), Carlo Avolio (Author), Silvana Gaetani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Besides the memory impairment, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is often complicated by neuropsychiatric symptoms also known as behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, which occur in one-third of patients at an early stage of the disease. Although the relationship between depressive disorder...