Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent disorder worldwide and often co-occurs in dementia. Both have a major impact on disease burden and quality of life. PTSD may be difficult to recognize in dementia and a structured diagnostic method is lacking. In order to get insight into the clinical …

Dementia and movement disorders. With a greying European society the consequences are already visible with an increase of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related neurodegenerative and mental disorders. Therefore it is no surprise that the health care cost of brain disease is expected …

The Dutch population of first generation Turkish and Moroccan migrants is ageing. Among them hypertension and diabetes mellitus are frequent findings, which will probably cause an increased incidence of dementia. The language barrier, low education and cultural differences make the diagnosis more difficult. …