LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT AND AGGRESSION IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE

The opportunity, in a drug study of Alzheimer's disease, is taken to e xplore the association of aggression and cognitive impairment. This is an important association to explore in its own right. However, in vie w of the increasing age of the population and the particular problems aggression poses for carers, any association of aggression with cognit ive impairment assumes particular importance. A marked association of language impairment with aggression is demonstrated (Spearman R = -0.7 35, p = 0.0005, N = 18).