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Do all patients with dementia develop psychotic features?
No. Psychosis is a variable finding in all types of dementias and is not even clearly related to the stage or severity of dementia.
Sources
- American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders , ed 5. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2013.
- McKhann GM, Knopman DS, Chertkow H, Hyman BT, Jack CR Jr., Kawas CH, et al.: The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease: recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement 7(3):263-269, 2011.
