Time--
Thanks.
I did a quick lit search and didn't find anything outside of dementia
populations.
On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote:
Paul
Lots of symptoms/signs get "extended" beyond specific and proper
use so I'd imagine that happens with this term too. Without
presence of dementia I'd tend to call that fatigue. In this case
what I know of it is reading relating to family issues- it is, of
course, relevant to several areas of psych.
Tim
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From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [tips] Sundowning
So, does this have any applicability to individuals WITHOUT dementia?
I've heard it applied to the elderly in general.
On Aug 19, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Shearon, Tim wrote:
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
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