Assessment and Treatment of Mental Illness in People with Dementia 

This presentation will focus on differentiating between symptoms of mental illness between people with mental illness and people with cognitive impairments experiencing symptoms of mental illness and stages of dementia. This will include main diagnosis (depression, anxiety, anger, paranoia/hallucinations/delusions), common symptoms, and treatment (both nonmedication and medication intervention). It will also include assessments that are specifically used for both categories, people with mental illness, and people with cognitive impairments and symptoms of mental illness.