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周辺症状

Peripheral symptoms

認知症の人に見られる妄想や徘徊などの症状。性格・環境・人間関係など様々な要因の影響で現れる。症状が現れない人もいる。個人差が大きい。BPSD(Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia)と呼ばれることもある。

This refers to symptoms such as delusions and wandering observed in people with dementia. It appears due to various factors such as personality, environment, and human relationships. There are some people who don’t show these symptoms. There are large individual differences. Sometimes, it is also called BPSD (Behavioral  and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia).