الاضطرابات المعرفية العصبية الجسيمة: خرف الزهايمر نموذجا

Abstract EN

The DSM-5 classifies Alzheimer's dementia as a major neurocognitive disorder (NCD), which is specific to neurodegenerative diseases and characterized by diverse clinical features that progress over time.

this article focuses on the role and importance of speech therapy intervention in the care process for individuals with Alzheimer's dementia as a model of major neurocognitive disorders, highlighting the diagnostic criteria, as well as the cognitive, linguistic, and communicative clinical features, evaluation methods, approaches, and main aspects of speech therapy care for patients, which are based on various theoretical frameworks, in addition to clinical data obtained from the field.