Mild cognitive impairment is a syndrome defined as cognitive decline greater than expected
for an individual's age and education level but that does not interfere notably with activities …

The Lifetime and 6 month DSM-III prevalence rates of mental disorders from an adult
general population sample of former West Germany are reported. The most frequent mental …

Context As public awareness of Alzheimer's disease increases, more people are asking for
help and advice about memory problems. Memory complaints may be secondary to …

Evidence has been accumulated suggesting that a dysfunction in pain inhibitory systems, ie
in ‘diffuse noxious inhibitory controls‘ (DNIC)-like mechanisms, might be—amongst other …

Background: The neuropsychological and neurological complications of HIV-1 infection and
AIDS were explored within the cross-sectional phase of the WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS …

The SIDAM – a new instrument for the symptomatic diagnosis and measurement of dementia
according to DSM-III-R and ICD-10 – is described. It comprises a brief structured clinical …

In the course of the preparatory work for the WHO cross-cultural study on the neuropsychiatric
aspects of HIV-I infection, two new neuropsychological tests (the WHO/UCLA Auditory …

Background: Most available studies on the psychiatric, neuropsychological, and neurological
complications of HIV-1 infection and AIDS have been conducted in Western countries, on …

Normative data were collected in a study population of 150 randomly selected elderly subjects.
Using the SIDAM (Structured Interview for the Diagnosis of Dementia of the Alzheimer …

• The advent of more explicit diagnostic criteria and the growing interest in "lifetime" rates of
mental disorders has made imperative an accurate determination of time-related diagnostic …