Text from: http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.med.57.071604.141451"; The full text is available at that address, in html and pdf, I believe.
"The late afternoon/evening exacerbation of behavioral symptoms in dementia has been recognized by clinicians for >60 years. Researchers have utilized a variety of increasingly sophisticated tools to examine the circadian, hormonal, physiological, and epidemiological correlations with sundowning behavior." So it is, essentially, a worsening of symptoms and signs of dementia at or near sundown/late-afternoon. There have been many attempts to treat it physiologically. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: Michael Britt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 8/19/2008 10:18 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Sundowning I must admit I've never heard of the term "sundowning". Can you explain? Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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