The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia

Abstract

Cognitive decline associated with old age and consistent with the diagnosis of primary degenerative dementia is a unique clinical syndrome with characteristic phenomena and progression. The authors describe a Global Deterioration Scale for the assessment of primary degenerative dementia and delineation of its stages. The authors have used the Global Deterioration Scale successfully for more than 5 years and have validated it against behavioral, neuroanatomic, and neurophysiologic measures in patients with primary degenerative dementia.

Keywords

DementiaPrimary (astronomy)MedicineScale (ratio)PsychologyPsychiatryInternal medicineGeographyDiseaseCartography

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Year: 1982
Type: article
Volume: 139
Issue: 9
Pages: 1136-1139
Citations: 4909
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                                    ‌Barry Reisberg, 
                                
                                    Steven H. Ferris, 
                                
                                    Mony J. de Leon
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1982). 
                            The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia. 
                            American Journal of Psychiatry
                            , 139
                            (9)
                            , 1136-1139.
                            https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136
                        

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DOI: 10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136