A lower mean WAIS—R Performance IQ and lower mean scores on the Arithmetic and Picture Arrangement subtests for dementia patients with affective disorder (n = 22) versus dementia patients without affective disorder (n = 10) are presented. Implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are tendered.
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