Behavioral treatment of a patient with early-stage Alzheimer's disease

The following case report shows a behavioral treatment of a 53-year-old Pat ient with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), The treatment includes procedures descr ibed in the Behavioral Competency Training (VKT) for patients with early-st age AD developed by Ehrhardt and associates. The program consists of about 20 weekly treatment sessions in which the patient's resources are activated and patient's coping is supported. The therapy and the intervention are de bated in the light of the ongoing discussion about a state-of-the-art thera py for AD.