Differentiating Effects of Depression and Dementia

In this workshop, learn to recognize signs of depression in the elderly (cognitive versus emotional versus neurovegetative signs) and differentiate them from signs of dementia. Examine the criteria for diagnosing dementia and the varying courses of disease progression (for example, depression heralding dementia, depression comorbid with dementia, depression as a consequence of having dementia). Then, analyze the prevalence of depression across different types of dementia, investigate psychiatric and neuropsychological correlates that differentiate pseudodementia from dementia, and learn how they can be extrapolated from clinical interview and cognitive-testing results.