Adaptation in Different Types of Dementia and in Normal Elderly Subjects
- 25 June 1990
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
- Vol. 1 (2) , 95-101
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000107126
Abstract
Forty-two patients with organic dementia and 66 normal elderly subjects were investigated with the Meta-Contrast Technique (MCT) elucidating emotional reactions and defensive strategies. Eleven patients with Alzheimer''s disease (AD), 13 with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), and 18 with multi-infarct dementia were studied. Defensive strategies were found to be related to the type of brain disorder and its localization. Patients with AD needed significantly longer exposure times for recognition of the emotionally loaded picture configurations in the MCT and showed more often signs of anxiety. Signs of projection and depression were typical for patients with FTD.Keywords
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