Effect of Attachment Profile on Affective Symptoms of Beginning Cognitive Disorders: the Oxytocin Receptor Polymorphisms - Neurology & Neuroscience

Behavioral  and  psychological  symptoms  (BPS) of dementia occur  in most patients with dementia [1,2]. The clinical features of BPS include a wide variety of affective, psychotic and behavioural  symptoms and signs. They cause great suffering in patients and caregivers. BPS, due to a complex and multifactorial etiopathogenesis, often occur in both mild cognitive impairment and dementia.  Indeed, the causes and risk factors for BPS are multiple and include biological, psychological and environmental variables. Frequently, their combination explains the occurrence of BPS in an individual patient. 

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