The Open Geriatric Medicine Journal

2008, 1 : 10-13
Published online 2008 April 25. DOI: 10.2174/1874827900801010010
Publisher ID: TOGERIMJ-1-10

Psychiatric Diagnoses in a Sample of Outpatient Psycho-Geriatric New Referrals with Suspected Mild Cognitive Impairment

Jeremia Heinik , Perla Werner and Gitit Kavé
Margoletz Psychogeriatric Center, Ichilov Hospital, 6 Weizman Street, Tel Aviv, Israel 64239.

ABSTRACT

Psychiatric symptoms/syndromes are frequent in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). However, only a few studies reported full psychiatric diagnoses in MCI. We describe the nosology and prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses in a group of 102 consecutive patients evaluated for suspected MCI and finally re-classified into dementia, MCI and No Cognitive Impairment. Psychiatric diagnoses were frequent in MCI and the other groups as well, however they were qualitatively different in each group.

Keywords:

DSM-IV, psychiatric diagnoses, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, outpatient psycho-geriatric setting.