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Self-injurious behavior in Alzheimer's disease

Adam Sky, MD

George T. Grossberg, MD

Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

Self-injurious behaviors in psychiatric disorders are not uncommon, particularly among developmentally disabled children and psychotic patients. However; this phenomenon is rarely discussed in Alzheimer's disease. In this paper we cite a case of self-injurious behavior in a patient with probable Alzheimer's disease and speculate about psychologic, neurochemical, as well as potential environmental and psychosocial etiologies.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 7, No. 6, 21-22 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759200700604


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