Mood symptoms in dementia

Definition

In addition to the cognitive disturbances characteristic of dementia, the current clinical picture includes clinically significant mood symptoms such as depressed mood, elevated mood, or irritable mood.

Exclusions

• Mood disorders
• Secondary mood syndrome (6E62)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Behavioural or psychological disturbances in dementia

• 6D86.0Psychotic symptoms in dementia
• 6D86.2Anxiety symptoms in dementia
• 6D86.3Apathy in dementia
• 6D86.4Agitation or aggression in dementia
• 6D86.5Disinhibition in dementia
• 6D86.6Wandering in dementia
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified