Neurol. praxi. 2011;12(3):196-200
In connection with dementia it is currently talked about a silent epidemic. In the Czech Republic there are currently according to some
realistic estimates about 150 thousands people suffering from dementia, while the pessimists estimate up to about 200 thousand ill
people. It is not within the power of a branch of medicine to take care for all these patients and the care of them is shared mainly with
neurology, psychiatry and geriatrics. Particularly important for diagnostics and early treatment is the primary care. The author of the
article focuses on the clinical picture, diagnostics and early treatment of the most common dementias, which are in routine clinical practice
met. It is a gerontopsychiatrists view, so the emphasize is put also on psychopathology that accompanies the individual diseases
and is pertinently characteristic for them.
Published: June 1, 2011 Show citation