Treatment with methylphenidate (Ritalin), a stimulant approved for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and narcolepsy, led to a small to medium reduction in apathy in people with ...

Apathy -- a lack of interest or motivation -- could predict the onset of some forms of dementia many years before symptoms start, offering a 'window of opportunity' to treat the disease at an early ...

Apathy is an early marker of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and predicts future cognitive decline, a new study has shown. Results showed that apathy occurs early in the disease course of genetic FTD ...

Older adults who show signs of apathy tend to have a smaller brain volume than their peers with more vim and vigor, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of more than 4,300 older adults, those ...

Apathy is the most common neuropsychiatric symptom of dementia, with a bigger impact on function than memory loss -- yet it is under-researched and often forgotten in care. Apathy is the most common ...

This is apathy. It is aptly stated that apathy is a disease that numbs the soul and dulls the mind. Apathy, often characterised by an absence of interest, enthusiasm, or concern, has the power to ...