French version of the Rating Scale for aggressive behaviour in the Elderly (F-RAGE): psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy.

Unlabelled: Aggressive behaviour is the most disturbing and distressing behaviour displayed by elderly people. The prevalence of aggressive behaviour is around 50% among psychogeriatric patients.

Objective: This study sought to analyze the psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy of the French version of the Rating Scale for Aggressive Behaviour in the Elderly (F-RAGE).

Development and validation of an instrument to detect depression in nursing homes. Nursing homes short depression inventory (NH-SDI).

Unlabelled: Depression is often overlooked in elderly nursing home residents because symptoms may be masked or dismissed as an inevitable consequence of ageing. Current tools for the detection of depression in institutionalised older people are not always specific.

Aims: To construct and verify an instrument with which to detect depression in elderly nursing home residents (NH-SDI).

Specific psychological and behavioral symptoms of depression in patients with dementia.

Unlabelled: Behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD) are very common, with 90% of patients experiencing at least one during the course of the disease. One-third of persons with dementia have depressive symptoms, and concomitant BPSD are very likely.

Objective: This study aimed to characterize the psychological and behavioral manifestations of depression in patients with dementia.

Use of the Visual Object and Space Perception (VOSP) test battery in two cases of posterior cortical atrophy.

Two patients presenting with predominantly dorsal posterior cortical atrophy were evaluated using the Visual Object and Space Perception (VOSP) test. The objective was to determine whether the VOSP was useful to discriminate damage to the ventral and the dorsal visual pathways. Both patients failed almost all the VOSP subtests, and the battery did not permit confirmation of the integrity of the ventral pathway.