Alzheimer’s disease and dementia can cause aggressive behavior, even in people who have never been violent in their lives. These aggressive dementia behaviors can be scary and difficult for caregivers ...

In the last post, we discussed how and why frustration, depression, anxiety, and not participating in activities are common in dementia. In this article we’ll tackle the thorny issues of apathy, ...

Hazardous drinking at baseline was associated with neglect and psychologically aggressive behaviors across 21 days. Daily diaries of drinking and mistreatment showed that instances of neglect and ...

Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, develop paranoia or hallucinations, engage in inappropriate or ...

People with more aggressive and psychopathic tendencies adopt hostile behaviors quickly, but they find it difficult to abandon these behaviors when they are no longer adaptive or practical. Although ...

We all have needs, drives, and cravings—such as hunger, territoriality, and sexuality—which stem from the ancient part of our brain that we share with reptiles. Why don’t we constantly act upon these ...

Alzheimer’s disease often presents a range of challenging symptoms, and agitation stands out as one of the most complex for caregivers and healthcare providers to manage. This is especially true for ...

The social behaviors of humans and animals often unfold over two distinct phases, namely a motivational and an action phase. The first of these phases entails instinctual and reward-seeking mental ...