Spring 2027

Dementia and Public Health

Clinical care of persons living with dementia and their caregivers. Public health approaches to assisting persons living with dementia in the community via Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute. Assessment and management of dementia, including behavioral and psychological symptoms.

offering recorded2–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

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What you’ll be able to do

  • Define mild cognitive impairment and dementia

  • Contrast cognitive changes found in normal aging with dementia

  • Describe the pathophysiology, risk factors, and presentation of the most common causes of dementia

  • List the expected clinical findings at each stage of dementia

  • List potentially reversible causes of dementia

  • Contrast dementia with delirium

  • Describe how a psychiatric interview should be modified when assessing a patient for dementia

  • List what questions are important to ask when interviewing a patient for dementia

  • Summarize when to use cognitive screening tools

  • List available bedside cognitive screening tools

  • Describe when a full neuropsychological eval may be indicated

  • Develop a treatment plan for persons living with dementia

  • List medications that have been FDA-approved for treatment of dementia, including risks and benefits

  • List evidence-based psychosocial and educational interventions for persons living with dementia and their caregivers

  • Explain how persons living with dementia and their family members can plan for the future

  • List the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), and their associations with various causes of dementia

  • Explain how BPSD arise

  • List medical problems that can cause BPSD

  • List medications and other substances that can cause BPSD

  • List evidence-based behavioral, psychosocial, and environmental interventions for BPSD

  • List evidence-based pharmacological options for BPSD

  • Describe the risks associated with the use of antipsychotics in dementia

  • Explain the risks associated with driving in persons living with dementia

  • List other safety issues that arise for persons living with dementia and their caregivers

  • Define elder abuse, and describe the reporting requirements in Wisconsin

  • Describe the process of assessing a person’s capacity to make medical decisions

  • List the most common ethical dilemmas in the care of persons living with dementia

  • Describe the role of cultural formulation in assessing persons with living with dementia

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MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

PSYCHIAT 931

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Clinical care of persons living with dementia and their caregivers. Public health approaches to assisting persons living with dementia in the community via Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute. Assessment and management of dementia, including behavioral and psychological symptoms.

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PSYCHIAT 931 · Spring 2027

Dementia and Public Health

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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