Cognitive features of dementias associated with eating disorders

Eating disorders in patients with tardive dementias associated with increase of load on carers, and negative impact on general condition, have multifactorial genesis. To investigate eating disorders in patients with tardive dementias at psychogeriatric hospital, severity and neuropsychological features of cognitive disorders in patients with eating disorders as compared with patients without eating disorders have been investigated. Significant differences in neuropsychological characteristics of dementias in disturbed and in normal eating behavior, in different scenarios of disturbed eating behavior have been revealed. In the dynamics, the neuropsychological profile of dementias in patients with persistent eating disorders and with recovered eating behavior was analyzed.