Differentiate the clinical presentations of psychosis in clients with the four different types of dementia

Differentiate the clinical presentations of psychosis in clients with the four different types of dementia

. Psychosis is seen in Alzheimer’s’ disease dementia, Parkinson’s disease dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia and vascular dementia. 20-30% of the patients with Alzheimer’s disease dementia experience hallucinations and 30-40% experience delusions (Boland et al., 2022). Physical aggression may be seen with psychotic features. More than 50% of people with Parkinson’s disease have dementia with psychosis. If patient develop parkinsonian symptoms and dementia in a year difference, its Parkinson’s disease dementia whereas if they develop parkinsonian symptoms and dementia within a year, its Lewy body dementia. ¾ of people suffering from Lewy body dementia will have some kind of psychosis. Visual hallucinations are common in Parkinson’s disease dementia and Lewy body dementia (Burstein, 2021). 5-10%. of patient with Frontotemporal dementia presents with both delusions and hallucinations and 15% of Vascular dementia presents with psychotic features. Delusions are common in vascular dementia