Dementia: beyond disorders of mood

Petty, Stephanie; Dening, Tom; Coleston-Shields, Donna Maria; Griffiths, Amanda

Abstract

This editorial will present the growing argument in the research literature that mood disorders, as defined by psychiatric diagnostic criteria, do not well serve individuals with dementia. This is important because anxiety and depression are our most used and most influential ways of understanding a highly prevalent and personally important experience in dementia: emotion. As such, there is a need to review how the disorders are currently conceptualised since they may have limited applicability for individuals with dementia, and consider what alternatives there might be. Agitation is offered as a lesson in how imprecise descriptions of behaviour can exclude the internal world of people with dementia. In our research to explore how the emotional experiences of individuals with dementia are understood, we consider what might lie beyond disorders of mood.

Citation

Petty, S., Dening, T., Coleston-Shields, D. M., & Griffiths, A. (in press). Dementia: beyond disorders of mood. Aging and Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1430742

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 12, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jan 25, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jan 30, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 26, 2019
• Journal: Aging and Mental Health
• Print ISSN: 1360-7863
• Electronic ISSN: 1364-6915
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1430742
• Keywords: Dementia; Emotion; Mood; Depression; Anxiety
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/906644
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1430742
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Aging and Mental Health on 25/01/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13607863.2018.1430742
• Contract Date: Jan 30, 2018