According to this model, as applied to behavioral disturbances, primary stressors include patient behaviors and social and environmental stressors (eg, multiple role demands, over or under stimulating environment).
Behavioral disturbances were assessed using the Dementia Behavior Disturbance (DBD) scale.
Dp71-null mice show selective behavioral disturbances characterized by reduced exploratory and novelty-seeking behavior, mild retention deficits in inhibitory avoidance, and impairments in spatial learning and memory.
Mood and behavioral disturbances typically include depression, apathy, impulsivity, anger, aggression, irritability, and suicidal behavior [ 14, 17, 69].
Experts believe those structural abnormalities bring on significant cognitive and behavioral disturbances for years and sometimes decades at the end of the patient's life.
Or a child who witnessed the violent death of a parent may develop a variety of behavioral disturbances but be unable to recall what started it all.
Unfortunately, certain other major behavioral disturbances of adolescence have become increasingly prevalent in the late 20th century.
"This market share represents Omnicare's ability in persuading physicians to write Risperdal in the areas of behavioral disturbances associated with dementia," the Omnicare document said.
Other evidence of chromosomal abnormalities include abnormal sexual development, behavioral disturbances, malignancy (e.g., the Philadelphia chromosome in chronic myelocytic leukemia), and spontaneous abortion.
As Kramer surely knows, the term "senility" has become outmoded because it falsely implies that intellectual decline and accompanying behavioral disturbances are normal and inevitable consequences of aging.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is also often associated with significant behavioral disturbances.
