DSM IV criteria for vascular dementia

Introduction

DSM IV criteria:

• memory impairment
• one or more of the following
  • aphasia
  • apraxia
  • agnosia
  • impairment of executive function
• deficits cause impairment in social or occupational function & represent a decline from a previous level of function
• focal neurologic signs & symptoms
• laboratory/radiology evidence of cerebrovascular disease
• deficits occur in the absence of delirium

More general terms

• diagnostic criteria for vascular dementia

Additional terms

• vascular dementia