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How do you approach discussing possible dementia with an older adult who is presenting with depression, when you are concerned that raising this possibility could worsen their depressive symptoms?

How do you frame concerns about memory or cognition in a way that is accurate but not catastrophic or stigmatizing?
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Psychiatry · Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center
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I think the concern of bringing up a potentially devastating diagnosis, such as dementia, in this or any other context, is valid. And yet, when someone is experiencing depression, a disease that is multifactorial and sometimes difficult to treat, it is important to diagnose, evaluate, and treat any ...

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