acronym: BPSD

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of Dementia: Symptoms of disturbed perception, thought content, mood, and behavior often associated with dementia.

Examples: aggressiveness, agitation, anxiety, culturally inappropriate behavior, cursing, delusions, depression, hallucinations, hoarding, restlessness, sexual disinhibition, shadowing, wandering.

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