Paranoia is a common symptom of dementia, and it’s one of the hardest to deal with. Though there isn’t a definitive stage of dementia when paranoia appears, it’s most often observed in the later ...

Dear Carol: My dad is only 62 but I'm worried that he may have dementia. He's had depression during much of his life, but what scares me now is that he's gotten paranoid. He twists memories of things ...

It’s one of the hardest parts of dementia for families to face: “She used to be strong and kind, and now she thinks we’re lying or stealing from her.” If you’ve been there, you know the heartbreak of ...

Caring for older adults with dementia is stressful, especially when they become physically or verbally aggressive, wander away from home, develop paranoia or hallucinations, engage in inappropriate or ...

I’ve served for almost two decades as a consultant psychiatrist and medical director of a geriatric psychiatric unit. Our niche has been one of the most difficult: patients with advanced dementia, ...

Isolating in nature, mental disorders have long been fodder for suspense movies — a victim’s unreliable mind can be subtly led to dismiss evidence of malice. Not that there’s anything subtle about ...