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II. Health Watch- Dementia Diagnosis<br />

• The diagnosis is based on the ICD-10 Symptom<br />

Checklist <strong>for</strong> Mental Disorders and the guidelines<br />

produced by an international consensus panel<br />

established under the auspices of the Ageing Special<br />

Interest Group of the International Association <strong>for</strong> the<br />

Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID)(Aylward,<br />

Burt et al. 1997; 2000)<br />

• ICD-10 criteria put more emphasis on non cognitive<br />

symptoms<br />

• ICD-10 criteria have been modified <strong>for</strong> use in <strong>adults</strong> <strong>with</strong><br />

Intellectual Disabilities: DC-LD criteria

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