Abstract

Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) distributed Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) for the board of dementia, in the year 2007. The flow rendition of the CPG is an update of the previous adaptation of CPGs for the executives of dementia there were three separate CPGs for the board of dementia, one each for Reversible Dementias, Alzheimer’s disease and Vascular Dementia, Please note that the present CPG on dementia bargains a wide range of dementia together. The on-going variant of the CPGs for dementia in old should be perused related to the past rendition of CPGs for dementia. The focal point of the present CPG is to give ideas and clinical tips to separate dementia disorder from other clinical circumstances, distinguish the subtypes of dementia and afterward give thoughts for the board. These rules just give a wide structure to appraisal, the executives and follow-up of more established individuals with dementia. While the greater part of the suggestions are proof based, these rules ought not be viewed as a substitute of expert information and clinical judgment. The proposals made as a component of these rules ought to be custom-made to address the clinical necessities of the singular patient and the treatment setting

Keywords: Dementia, Clinical Practice, Cognitive impairment