34个性格行为问题帮助诊断早期失智症_BEC初级作文

34个性格行为问题帮助诊断早期失智症

这些学者在提倡一种新的诊断类别——轻度行为障碍(mild behavioral impairment, M.B.I.)，旨在辨认与测量某些专家认为常遭忽视的面向：心情与行为的急剧变化，可能在失智症造成的记忆与思考困难之前出现。

The group made the proposal on Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto, and presented a 34-question checklist that may one day be used to identify people at greater risk for Alzheimer’s.

该研究团队上周日于多伦多的阿尔茨海默氏症国际年会(Alzheimer's Association International Conference)发表了这份提案，并提出一个列有34个问题的检查清单。或许这份清单有天能用来识别较易罹患阿尔茨海默氏症的人。

“I think we do need something like this,” said Nina Silverberg, the director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Centers program at the National Institute on Aging, who was not involved in creating the checklist or the proposed new diagnosis.

“我认为这样的诊断工具确实有需要，”在美国国家老龄化研究所(National Institute on Aging)主持阿尔茨海默氏症中心计划(Alzheimer's Disease Centers program)的妮娜‧席维伯格(Nina Silverberg)表示。她并未参与这份检查清单的设计或提出这个新诊断类别。

“Most people think of Alzheimer’s as primarily a memory disorder, but we do know from years of research that it also can start as a behavioral issue.”