Cerebral Vascular Disease and Dementia

About this book

Cerebral vascular disease holds a position as a major cause of neurological disability and mental disorder, especially in old age with a wide spectrum of psychiatric manifestations such as delirium, dementia, personality change, affective disorder, hallucinations, paranoia, and other psychotic reactions as well as circumscribed cognitive deficits such as dysphasia, dysmnesia and dyspraxia.