"They said Patrick was insisting on taking pictures and asking questions and there was some type of verbal disturbance".
Aromatherapy, preferred music, muscle relaxation training, Montessori activities and humour therapy have been shown to reduce behavioural disturbances in agitation, aggression and verbal disruption [ 19- 21].
Among the investigations reporting only on SSD, a large effect (based on adjusted effect sizes) was observed for abnormal speech, and significantly poorer expressive language and word association performance in one birth cohort, but no significant effects were reported for non-structural speech problems in a birth cohort [ 111] or for verbal associative disturbances in the high-risk cohort [ 149].
This study investigated the extent and character of verbal fluency disturbance in young patients close to illness onset.
My discussions with local police confirmed that nothing as serious as this has happened before in Preston, and most racist incidents that have been recorded are verbal or minor disturbances, much the same as in most towns and cities across country with significant ethnic minority populations.
In addition, these patients showed distinctly fewer disturbances in verbal and social behaviour.
The second participant was excluded due to disturbance during the verbal fluency testing.
Biochemical data have suggested that serotonergic deficits in AD contribute to aggressive verbal and physical outbursts, sleep disturbance, depression and psychosis (Polluck et al 2002).
In addition, more than half of the aged care population is estimated to demonstrate Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), such as agitation, verbal and physical aggression, sleep disturbance, and wandering [ 1].
At one center near a library, two people from rival campaigns "had gotten into such a loud verbal altercation that it became a disturbance for library patrons, so something had to be done about it".
