Examining the propensity and nature of criminal risk behaviours in frontotemporal dementia syndromes and Alzheimer's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some people with dementia develop changes in behaviour and cognition that may lead to interactions with police or the legal system. However, large, prospective case-control studies examining these behaviours are lacking.

Methods

One hundred and forty-four people with dementia and 53 controls completed the Misdemeanours and Transgressions Screener.

Results

Criminal risk behaviours were reported in: 65.6% of behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia, 46.2% of right-lateralised semantic dementia, and 27.0% of Alzheimer's disease patients. In 19.1% of patients these behaviours led to contact with police or authority figures. Compared to controls, people with dementia showed higher rates of physical assault (p = 0.024), financial/professional reckless

SUBMITTER: Kumfor F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11007792 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature